Quote Originally Posted by EL Jimbo View Post
If you think that MDOT isn't looking at ways to stretch their dollars every way they can then you are just uninformed. I PERSONALLY know for a fact that MDOT looks at EVERY road project and reviews it from a cost/benefit perspective. It isn't like it is some fly by night operation. Believe it or not, there are actually some professionals there who know what they are doing.
I don't doubt anything you say. But, I think what you said suggests that the state, from a fiscal planning standpoint, needs to look at the rising cost of roads realistically in saying that [[a) we have built more road than we can afford, and [[b) we should consider alternatives to current practices, including toll roads, weight restrictions, and mass transit, etc.