Opponents line up against 'Super Slab' toll road (CO)

[struggle4progress]

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press Writer Tuesday, March 22, 2005




DENVER (AP) -- Hundreds of people protested outside the state Capitol Tuesday and dozens more lined up inside to argue against a bill that would make it easier to build a 210-mile-long private toll road on the plains east of Interstate 25.

Opponents say the project, nicknamed "Super Slab," would disrupt their rural lifestyle and allow private investors to use eminent domain to take away their land. The man behind the proposal, Ray Wells, says the highway would ease congestion, and allow trains to avoid busy intersections along the Front Range.

The Senate Transportation Committee considered testimony Tuesday for House Bill 1030, which already has won approval in the House.

About 300 protesters overflowed the front steps of the Capitol before the hearing, holding signs opposing the bill and chanting "just go away." Most traveled long distances from homes, farms and ranches in rural areas along the Front Range saying their land was with in 12-mile wide swath of land. <snip>

http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2005/03/22/news/regional/16b7a497c12ba80587256fcc00626061.txt

[DavidDvorkin]

1. I think you mean CO

The article's from a paper in Wyoming, but the proposed toll road and the controversy are in Colorado.

[struggle4progress]

2. Thanks. Some day I might actually learn how to read.

[Democrats_win]

3. 12 miles wide: it takes up too much land. Growth hasn't brought us jobs.

Build it in China.