$166,000 for every man, woman & child

[tomm2thumbs]

Just sayin' - your Federal tax dollars at work. Town of 600 moving up the road. I don't know what they've spent to date, but they say $100 million more to finish. Does anyone think it'll really stay under budget?

'The mammoth undertaking has been in the works for the past decade and will take another 10 years and $100 million to complete. The Army Corps of Engineers plans to save Martin by raising its businesses and homes out of the reach of the stream that has wreaked so much havoc over the years.
For antsy locals who were flooded yet again last month, it can't get done soon enough.

Longtime resident Glenna Simpson has watched Martin's decline from the windows of a general store where she works. While other Appalachian towns worry about downturns in the mining industry, Martin's biggest concern has always been Beaver Creek. Everyone knows the usually tranquil stream can turn villainous any time Mother Nature gives it too much to drink.
"It's sad," Simpson said, looking out at a string of Main Street buildings still covered in tawny grime from floods past. "It used to be a beautiful town. A busy town."
Already, contractors have carved out a flat spot on a mountainside overlooking downtown that is large enough to accommodate key government structures, including the fire department, city hall, post office, and the only school in town. The aging buildings, weakened by the intermittent soakings, won't be moved to the new site. Instead, they'll be razed and replaced with new ones.'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_moving_a_town

[Warpy]

1. If it's a viable town, it's money well spent

Spending money to blow people up in Iraq is the pure waste.

[Indydem]

2. No kidding!

We should just bulldoze that town and say "tough luck fuckers, disperse!"

[Javaman]

3. Plan B.

It worked for Springfield!!