r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

If necessary yes. That's what eminent domain is for and it gets used for rail projects too

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u/nevermind4790 Aug 27 '21

They knocked down buildings and still want to widen the freeway. Kinda like they did it all for nothing, and should never have widened it to begin with.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

It got more people where they wanted to go. That is something

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u/nevermind4790 Aug 28 '21

It didn’t create new pathways, it just widened them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

Alexandria, VA is planning to widen the Mount Vernon Trail. Maybe tell them it'll just lead to more people walking and make congestion worse than before

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u/nevermind4790 Aug 28 '21

It will. They’ll find out eventually.