The Inner- County Connector, a by-pass road, allowing Washingtonians to get from Montgomery County Maryland to Prince Georges' County without being tangled up on the Capital Beltway was first proposed nearly 50 years ago, This road was debated for many, many years. Slow Growth Advocates battled against it, environmentalists waged war against it, public transit advocates lobbied against it
Finally after all of the battles, This road is nearly completed, built as a toll road. One more group that is now not pleased is the people who say " We spent years fighting to have a free, shortcut access road- We never would have fought to establish a toll road."
To me, This depicts two American passions - Having space and distance between ourselves and neighbors and being willing to work hard in order to spend my off- hours living in a way that I please in a comfortable and pleasant - to me- setting!
How important is it to you that people have good roads that get them as comfortably and as efficiently as possible to where they choose to live?
- Johnny -
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