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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I just don't see why we should be wasting money when it could be better spent elsewhere. We have such a low population density it seems ludicrious to spend that much money when a realistic option is 1/4 the price. Why build a fancy 4 lane overpass when a 6 laner could be built in its place for the same price that flows 30% more traffic. I guess rolling through bumper to bumper traffic would be more palatable if I had something purdy to look at.
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The fact that you have such low population density makes you spend a ton lot more money on roads to begin with. You have to not only lay cement to all those far-flung suburbs, install lights and intersections, but also pay to mantain them. A city with a smaller footprint would be able to have less, but BETTER roads, and not spend so much to maintain them.
Do you really want the city to stop wasting money? Ask it not to support the constant sprawl of the city which makes every citizen pay for a road network the majority of it never uses. Atleast the roads and bridges in the inner city are used by almost everyone.