Comments on: What Would You Build With Nearly $4 Billion? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Kim->CommunityRadar.com http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24826 Kim->CommunityRadar.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:23:33 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24826 Hold on folks! The goal is meritorious …how about a barge canal in place of a tunnel? Commuters in cars, on bike and on foot could be barged between 400 and I-675. Think of the cool dining establishments and pubs that would spring up – all overlooking along the canal! And the Left Bank could become a tourist destination … the possibilities are endless!

]]> By: josh http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24711 josh Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:35:42 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24711 Great idea, but continue to North DeKalb mall. On the surface turn all the abandoned car dealerships along Scott from North Decatur to the mall into a massive park with easy access to Indian cuisine.

]]> By: Barry http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24647 Barry Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:26:37 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24647 Prog. Dem:
Funny that you should mention Portland in a thread about four-billion-dollar interstate idiocies.
And all they get is a bridge.

. . . hope links are OK:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/money_political_woes_dont_dera.html

Even the light-rail cabal (as an Portland-area transit engineer I know calls them) has trouble with their DOT and governor.

]]> By: Karass http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24640 Karass Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:38:51 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24640 Fantastic! And then the biggest drawback of the Westchester Elementary Building, it’s placement on a busy, four-lane state highway, would be taken away and it would be a perfect site for a school or recreation building and park! Not sure which is more unlikely, that Scott Blvd would become a tunnel or that Westchester will ever be used for children again.

(Watch out! Incoming bubbling fury!)

]]> By: ekmaloney http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24636 ekmaloney Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:21:29 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24636 replace scott blvd with a tunnel, from one end of city of decatur to the other. have a 2 lane road on top with bicycle paths, and park area including a Decutur High Renfroe baseball field.

]]> By: Unclecharlie http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24625 Unclecharlie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:56:46 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24625 Granite is what you want. It makes for a solid walled, stable tunnel. Predictable digging.

One of the biggest hurdles of the Big Dig was that it had to go through lots of wet sand which had to be braced back with slurry walls before the tunnel could be dug and concrete walls poured in.

ch

]]> By: PMcG http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24622 PMcG Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:25:05 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24622 Almost daily (when I’m not doing site inspections)

]]> By: lah http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/10/what-would-you-build-with-nearly-4-billion/#comment-24605 lah Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:47:08 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24605 Although our state legislators would disagree, roads and tunnels are NOT the answer! The money should go toward the improvement of MARTA’s rail service, or development of light rail along the BeltLine.

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