| A real quick note. While driving to North Carolina Thursday, there was a radio ad for a group against the recent doubling of NC's gas tax. The odd part about was the comparison between NC's roads and those in SC and Virginia. In it the speaker ( Country Conservative, I believe ) said that NC spends more, but the roads in the neighboring states were better. I'm not sure if this guy ever drove around here, but if he took the 70 mile trip on US-52 that I took that day from Rockingham to Florence ( one lane each way ), he might change his mind. We still are talking about I-73, North Carolina is building it. Like Hitler said, the bigger the lie, the more people are going to believe it. Happy Driving!! |
Saturday, January 14, 2006
The Highway's Always Greener on the Other Side.
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Virigina has got some good roads, even if Northern Virginia is a continual drain on their resources.
North Carolina's five cent gas tax has allowed them to steadily build up a quality roads system that has the state well-connected, which does a lot for both safety and economic development. I think it's been a "smart buy" for them over the years, and has allowed them to be much more pro-active than South Carolina has historically been.
But as for the quality of South Carolina roads ... well, the consumer of the product knows the real truth, and I'll leave it at that. There's been a lot of good and thoughtful work to remedy the problems by a lot of parties, but we've still got a long way to go.
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