June 16, 200620 yr http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=15497 Big deal. They might not be advertising any plans, but these kinds of plans have been in the works for a long time. I-35 is called the Pan-Am Expressway for a reason. It was always meant to be a major throughfare from the Panama Canal up through Canada, and lately South America has made plans and efforts to extend it all the way to its southern tip. The TTC that often gets talked about in conjunction with a "NAFTA superhighway" has been in the works since the early to mid 80's, long before NAFTA, and even Bush in politics. Also at the moment, the section of I-35 from SA to Austin is the busiest and most dangerous stretch of interstate highway in the nation, so plans to either greatly expand or build a through traffic bypass are greatly needed. Heck, with the way NAFTA is worded, it was obvious from the beginning that I-35 was going to play a central role in ground shipments between the 3 countries (special priviledges were given to cities along I-35, including some pretty good ones to SA which have greatly benefitted our economy). People are trying to portray this as Bush abdicating US sovereignty to the NAFTA coalition, when it reality improving the central corridor is a necessary action. Now it probably wouldn't be necessary without NAFTA, true, but for the most part these plans have been hovering around for a couple decades.
June 16, 200620 yr You guys do realize the eventually the entire world's borders will be open anyways, right?
June 16, 200620 yr does this mean they actually will finish 35 and make it less congested? :lol It'd be nice, wouldn't it! Might also lessen traffic if the get around to doing I-69. Don't hold your breath on any of it Has 35 ever been not under construction?
June 16, 200620 yr does this mean they actually will finish 35 and make it less congested? :lol It'd be nice, wouldn't it! Might also lessen traffic if the get around to doing I-69. Don't hold your breath on any of it Has 35 ever been not under construction? Sounds like every highway in South Florida. I guess its like that everywhere.
June 16, 200620 yr My first impression after reading that article was this: Now they won't need to cross our borders to steal our jobs! Damn Mexicans! /joking
June 17, 200620 yr I-35 is called the Pan-Am Expressway for a reason. It was always meant to be a major throughfare from the Panama Canal up through Canada, and lately South America has made plans and efforts to extend it all the way to its southern tip. Road trip anyone?! :shifty
June 17, 200620 yr does this mean they actually will finish 35 and make it less congested? :lol It'd be nice, wouldn't it! Might also lessen traffic if the get around to doing I-69. Don't hold your breath on any of it Has 35 ever been not under construction? no. if they would do things like forced to be done in the real world and not the governmental world they would actually finish things at a real pace.
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