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NAFTA highway facing problems
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) —
It was dubbed the “NAFTA
Superhighway,” a new interstate
that would span the United
States, linking Canada to Mexico
and easing truck congestion
while improving international
access for U.S. goods.
Yet five years after Congress
authorized Interstate 69, little
pavement has been laid on the
project expected to cost at least
$8.5 billion. Mirny roadblocks have
occurred at tire state level, where
disputes have raged from Indiana to
Texas about where to locate sec
tions of the new highway.
In Indiana, a decision is
expected in upcoming weeks on
a route from Indianapolis to
Evansville, an Ohio River city
near the Kentucky state line.
The determination, coming
after years of environmental
studies and contentious debate,
will allow construction of a key
piece of the interstate.
Still, debate is likely to linger
over whether the highway is still
needed and if Congress will fol
low through with funding.
Proponents say the interstate
will make travel easier, spur eco
nomic growth along it — espe
cially in poor, rural areas — and
aid in the transportation of inter
national goods.
Opponents say the project
costs too much, and would cause
too much farmland and forestry
to be destroyed.
The transportation department
will ask Congress next year for
$6.6 billion for Interstate 69 as
part of reauthorization of the
Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century, said James
Newland, executive director of
the 1-69 Mid-Continent Highway
Coalition. The remaining fund
ing would come from matched
dollars by the individual states.
The interstate would go
through Michigan, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas. It already exists from
Canada, through Michigan, to
Indianapolis.
“In a world market, we need
faster, efficient ways of getting
our goods to market,” said Rep.
John Hostettler, a Republican
who represents southern Indiana.
“I think it’s really an issue of
fairness, and an issue of future
economic stability.”
Already, two transportation
corridors that make up 1-69 have
received about $245 million in
federal funds, in addition to fund
ing from other appropriations
and other states, according to the
Mid-Continent Highway
Coalition.
The new interstate is expected
to link 10 urban areas with
50,000 or more people, save four
hours in travel time between
Indianapolis and the Mexican
border and help control an
increase in truck flow because of
the 1993 North American Free
Trade Agreement.
Divided into 32 sections for
construction, it is possible they
would not fully be linked until
2020, said James McDowell, a
political science professor at
Indiana State University.
So far, new construction has
only started in Mississippi.
In Indiana, state Transportation
Commissioner J. Bryan Nicol
long said a route would be select
ed by the end of the year.
Routing 1-69
Dubbed the “NAFTA
Superhighway," Interstate 69
would link Canada to Mexico
with a goal of easing travel,
spurring economic growth
and improving international
access for U.S. goods.
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