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9 months ago

in Roanoke and New River Valley MSAs - How do we Promote Regionalism? Part 1 of 5 on Connecting People
Complete the smart road? Get real. Look, it's Roanoke that needs the connection, so let them pay for it. They want the benefit but want Montgomery County to pay for it. The new road construction around Bburg and Cburg has so reduced the traffic problems that the need to spend tens of millions of dollars to cut 7 minutes out of the travel time between the NRV and Roanoke is just not warranted. Traffic projections show that it will be at least 20 years before that should be considered. It's unfortunate that years of poor planning and economic development decisionmaking in Roanoke have resulted in them losing the leadership in the local economy to the point where they need the connection to VT to maintain the perception of vibrancy. But Montgomery County is not going to bail them out single-handedly.
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