Comments on: Kansas highway spending has not boosted economy http://wichitaliberty.org/kansas-government/kansas-highway-spending-has-not-boosted-economy/ Individual liberty, limited government, and free markets in Wichita and Kansas Fri, 18 May 2012 14:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kansas Department of Transportaiton Budget Cuts http://wichitaliberty.org/kansas-government/kansas-highway-spending-has-not-boosted-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-64545 Kansas Department of Transportaiton Budget Cuts Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:43 +0000 http://wichitaliberty.org/?p=1759#comment-64545 [...] Weeks at Voice for Liberty in Wichita reported last year that increased road spending does not increase economic development. In 1999, when [...] [...] Weeks at Voice for Liberty in Wichita reported last year that increased road spending does not increase economic development. In 1999, when [...]

]]> By: Legislator http://wichitaliberty.org/kansas-government/kansas-highway-spending-has-not-boosted-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-5573 Legislator Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:33:36 +0000 http://wichitaliberty.org/?p=1759#comment-5573 More roads means more maintenance. The only folks getting rich are the contractors and most of them bring workers from other states. The bonds issued in the 1989 highway plan were rolled in with the bonds of the 1999 plan. The company who issued the bonds made millions of dollars due to the way that they issue the 1989 bonds. As a legislator in 1999 I voted NO on the highway plan and sleep very well at night knowing that I was not part of this problem as just have to pay for it like the other poor suckers. More roads means more maintenance. The only folks getting rich are the contractors and most of them bring workers from other states. The bonds issued in the 1989 highway plan were rolled in with the bonds of the 1999 plan. The company who issued the bonds made millions of dollars due to the way that they issue the 1989 bonds. As a legislator in 1999 I voted NO on the highway plan and sleep very well at night knowing that I was not part of this problem as just have to pay for it like the other poor suckers.

]]> By: Joe Williams http://wichitaliberty.org/kansas-government/kansas-highway-spending-has-not-boosted-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-5372 Joe Williams Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:52:20 +0000 http://wichitaliberty.org/?p=1759#comment-5372 At the right places, highway infrastructure is a huge plus to our economy. Just look at the K-96 corridor from I-135 to Kellogg to see the boom of businesses along side of that. I lived in the area on north Woodlawn before it was built, now I see everything has changed and there must be multi-billion dollars of business, commerce and private property along this highway corridor. It's one thing to have a rural dirt road being paved up to a particular farm house, which happens to be the resident of a State Senator, but highway construction for Wichita is a major plus. That is why I support the NW Bypass. At the right places, highway infrastructure is a huge plus to our economy. Just look at the K-96 corridor from I-135 to Kellogg to see the boom of businesses along side of that.

I lived in the area on north Woodlawn before it was built, now I see everything has changed and there must be multi-billion dollars of business, commerce and private property along this highway corridor.

It’s one thing to have a rural dirt road being paved up to a particular farm house, which happens to be the resident of a State Senator, but highway construction for Wichita is a major plus. That is why I support the NW Bypass.

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