Monday, August 03, 2009

Prettier Roadways? How About Roads That Don't Jar Your Teeth Loose?



N
ever at loss to editoralize on anything- The KANSAS CITY STAR today ran the editorial: "Picture This: Prettier Roadways in Kansas City."




My reply? How about SMOOTHER roadways?


I-70 east from downtown- I-435 northbound from 87th Street to Blue Parkway- I-35 northbound at Santa Fe in Olathe- these are just a few stretches of freeways that need MORE ASPHALT- not flowers!


Okay- I love beautiful flowers as much as the next person.

I guess the flowers and shrubs reduce the boredom from sitting in a traffic jam- because public transportation in the Metro area is in such sorry shape.

So then maybe- MAYBE- the STAR's bored editorial board is right:

The pritty flowers and shrubs are calming devices: while you sit IN the road in a traffic jam or you sit BY the road waiting to have the tire you flattened and the wheel you bent on substandard road surfaces repaired.


Wondering- how many irises does it take to fill a pothole?

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