They call it progress!!

[judy]

So, the older man who owns the cow pasture doesn't have to move his cows? How sad for the people whose homes have been taken by the state! Does the state pay them fair market value at least?

It is too bad that they didn't buy your house, what with all the ex's around!!!

[lynne b]

Originally Posted by judy

So, the older man who owns the cow pasture doesn't have to move his cows? How sad for the people whose homes have been taken by the state! Does the state pay them fair market value at least?

It is too bad that they didn't buy your house, what with all the ex's around!!!

Right Judy,out of about 40 acers just in this area he got to keep about 14 acers and he doesn't have to move his cows, but because of the direction that the highway is going many people have lost their homes. The state does offer what the house/property is appraised at and not a penny more.
I am ok so far with the ex's being here, havn't given me any reason to want to move.

I am looking forward to the highway getting done, the highway i use now to go to/from work is getting very crowded what with the construction trucks and semis going to/from the place they get/take their grain and right next to that is an ethonal plant and they havn't even started to harvest their fields yet. Then there is Purdue University, when school starts again it will be busy with collage kids coming and going and whenever there is a home football/basketball game it is so bad but those are usually on a Sunday. All this traffic on a 2 lane highway gets a little scary some nights coming home.

[gja1000]

I certainly can understand why people would be upset losing their homes. That doesn't seem right, yet roads have to be built. I can just imagine how busy your road is, and you are right, a two lane road not enough to carry all the extra traffic. We have a major university here in Austin too and when there are football and basketball games the traffic is horrible.

[DianaB]

We had Highway 400 built through here a few years ago and I knew some of the people who had to sell their home and move. They were not happy about the prices they were getting but in some cases had no choice but to accept it. The highway is wonderful though but I sure felt sorry for those who had to move. Of course, there were some people who tried to get way more than their home was worth too.

Linda, I know that you'll appreciate the highway after it's done.

[Marilyn]

Is that the I69 corridor? I know they were building it somewhere in Indiana. If it is, it will eventually extend all the way to Mexico. There is some controversy about the route here in Texas. It may go down the current US59 to Laredo, or down 59 to Victoria and divert down US77 to Brownsville, or down 59 past Victoria and divert to yet another highway (I forget the number) to the valley.

I69 was one of Rick Perry's things. He was behind the whole I69/Trans Texas Corridor. The corridor got dropped, thankfully, but the I69 part is still supposed to happen eventually.

Rick Perry made a lot of people down here very angry when he was trying to force the TTC. A lot of people would have lost a lot of land. It was two interstates running parallel one for trucks and one for cars plus two rail lines, one for freight and one for passengers. The land along the corridor would belong to the state and be leased to hotels and other commercial enterprises. The TTC would have been a toll road managed by a company from Spain. Not too many proud native Texans went for this deal and it finally died. I owned land that would have been taken by the TTC, so I attended some of the meetings. What a mess it was!!!

And the guy is running for President. I heard today on the radio that he will announce his candidacy on Saturday. He was asked by a reporter recently why he wasn't so popular in his home state, and he quoted the scripture about Christ's rejection by the people he grew up with that a prophet is not accepted in his own land. The rest of the country wasn't involved in the whole TTC thing here at home, so he may have a chance.

[lynne b]

Marilyn, Looks like it could be the same thing you are talking about. I found this information about it. I'm not so sure about this guy running for president though lol


PROJECT LOCATION

The proposed SR 25 project is part of the Hoosier Heartland Highway Corridor, which extends from Toledo, Ohio to Lafayette, Indiana, a distance of approximately 200 miles. The Indiana sections of the corridor are in various stages of improvement. The section from Fort Wayne to Lafayette is about 99 miles long. Once completed, the Hoosier Heartland Highway Corridor will connect I-69 in Fort Wayne to I-65 in Lafayette.

The corridor segment containing the proposed project is located in Tippecanoe, Carroll, and Cass Counties, Indiana. The project begins east of the SR 25 and Interstate 65 (I-65) interchange in Lafayette, and heads northeast to US 24, at Logansport, a distance of about 35.3 miles. The western terminus provides a direct connection to I-65, the major north-south interstate in Indiana. The eastern terminus in Logansport would connect to the recently improved US 24 section of the Hoosier Heartland Highway Corridor. This section of SR 25 is being advanced as an independent project because it is the major commercial corridor linking Logansport, Delphi, and Lafayette. As a major farming area, farmers depend on this corridor to move farm supplies and products to their markets in Logansport and Lafayette

[Marilyn]

Sounds like your corridor isn't I69, but connects I69 with another interstate highway. I'm all for progress as long as they don't take more land than is needed and as long as it belongs to "We the People" and not some foreign enterprise!!

We need to restrict foreign ownership of our lands and resources like some other countries do. Some would say that's not the American way, but we're out sourcing enough and need to preserve what we have here for our children and grandchildren. That's my opinion for what it's worth.