tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post6829452797089978116..comments2024-03-26T21:04:41.824-04:00Comments on The Shekel - Coins, Law, and Commentary: Why We Can't Build Nice Roads - Because To Even Fix 18 Miles Of Road Will Take 14 YearsAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-10230229220852230602016-08-16T12:13:59.425-04:002016-08-16T12:13:59.425-04:00I was going to make the same comment. When i was a...I was going to make the same comment. When i was a kid, the Interstate system was in the process of being built, and the rule of thumb was "a million dollars per mile." <br />Back then there were no environmental impact statements, most of the highways went through rural land, and the main cost was buying the land (which had been bought up by people who knew people, so the price was Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-43136993520705374852016-08-15T17:43:22.150-04:002016-08-15T17:43:22.150-04:00Man, talk about inflation!
When I was 10 years ol...Man, talk about inflation!<br /><br />When I was 10 years old, we headed Out West from Illinois to spend the whole summer traveling. We drove on one section of the Interstate that went through mountains, and along the Colorado River.<br /><br />The people at the gas stations we stopped at told us it cost <i>"A Million Dollars Per Mile!"</i> to build that stretch....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com