Monday, August 04, 2008

The Worst of Both Worlds: Toll Roads and Unchecked Sprawl

In a sudden fit of journalism, the CP is focused this morning less on boostering May Town Center and more on objective reporting about the feasibility of a bridge, seeming to get the perspective of every side affected by the possibility.

However, not only did reporter Nat Rau omit the question of who would pay for the maintenance and upkeep of a developer-built bridge, but he wasted space that he could have devoted to that question by offering a scenerio of further privatization of public infrastrure by wedding the Giarratarra bridge plan to the state toll road plan. That's all northwest Nashville needs: another idea for siphoning state and local tax dollars for private industry. Toll roads are an exclusive boon for toll corporations and an exacting boondoggle for taxpayers.

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