8. Completion of road projects, such as the Urban Loop, is of critical importance in our community. What are your thoughts on financing options our community should pursue?
Zack: “I will consider all options such as working with the state, and toll roads. The city in the past has worked with the state on major thoroughfares to lend money and be paid back to build infrastructure.”
http://www.greensboropartnership.com/government-affairs/elected-officials/Surveys/ZackMatheny.pdf
George: “I believe the northern Urban Loop’s current planned route should be routed north or cancelled, now that the DOT recently increased projections of 72,000 cars a day driving through, and studies have found noise levels much higher than advertized.
I see the need for industrial traffic to access 40 east off of 29, but now that expected traffic levels have materially increased as neighborhoods were allowed to be (what many believe) negligently overbuilt on the route through northern Greensboro, we need to rethink the northern section of the Urban Loop.
From the negative response from neighborhoods along the southern route, the decision makers may be underestimating potential reactions.
Borrowing to lend to a financially strapped N.C. state government to purchase properties seems like an extremely bad idea that could create artificial distortions in the local property market that may benefit a few with influence at the expense of many.”
http://www.greensboropartnership.com/government-affairs/elected-officials/Surveys/GeorgeHartzman.pdf
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