The problem with bike projects as economic stimulus is that the projects are so inexpensive. How much does it cost to build a bike path? Or a bike overpass? The cost is to tiny it can be financed out of a major highway project's petty cash fund. To create a lot a jobs you need a real money pit -- like the Marquette Interchange reconstruction, for example.
But perhaps, if we put together bike projects around the state that have been sitting on the shelf for years, waiting for funds, we might come up with a list that's big enough to attract some modest notice and that might create a few jobs around the state. Is this something BFW should do? Matt Logan wrote: > I was reviewing the list of potential "stimulus" projects outlined by > Governor Doyle last week and was surprised to find not a single bicycle > project in the list: > > http://tinyurl.com/6gbubl > > > Am I missing something? > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
