The New York Times has an interesting sidebar on “State government proposals for spending transportation money from the federal stimulus law.” I clicked on Illinois just for fun. Not surprisingly, most of the money goes to Cook County. I scoured the document for Peoria County and found just two items:
| Route/Street | Location | Improvements | Est. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 74 | W OF KICKAPOO-EDWARDS RD TO E OF I-474, Miles = 5.71 | RESURFACING, COLD MILLING | $9,180,000 |
| I 74 | KICKAPOO CREEK TRIB 0.7 MI W OF ILL 6 | CULVERT REHABILITATION | $60,000 |
Kind of disappointing, if you ask me. Why not use those millions to improve Route 40 between I-474 and I-74? They could use that money to construct a new entrance to the Eagle View area to make it more viable, remove the median near I-474 to make that commercial area more viable, and improve the Warehouse District area to allow more economic development to happen there. There are a lot more benefits to that project than resurfacing I-74, which would be done anyway regardless of the stimulus.
It’s better here… so why would we need stimulus? Aaron Schock poo poo’d it. Should we really be surprised?
I wanted a new driveway
You know this has nothing to do with this article but I was looking at Widmers blog and you know what, he’s friggin nuts!
It is really funny to see the small amount of comments people write in regards to some of his articles.
I really find it entertaining. The anti museum people may want to get a different spokesperson as he is not doing their cause any favors. If I was against the museum I think I would vote for it just to piss him off and see his reaction.
peoriafan:
Perhaps you are being misled?
Last time I checked, there is no anti-museum group. Citizens for Responsible Spending is not anti-museum and Merle Widmer is not the spokesperson for our group. As the chairman of CFRS, please let me state that we are not for the current museum plan nor the proposed public facility sales tax increase to publically fund the ‘bricks and mortar’ of the museum.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.nomuseumtax.org.
If you have any questions, please send them to nomuseumtax@yahoo.com
Let’s stick to the issues and not personalities and styles.
Peoriafan, I find Merle to be a tireless crusader for more responsible government. I also respect his passion, even after so many years of effort. It’s in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
peoriafan: “If I was against the museum I think I would vote for it just to piss him off and see his reaction.”
and this surprises who?