Trapper Martin:
I have concerns about how much it is going to be used considering the pricing numbers that I have heard tossed around. If they find the right price point and it is well used I think it could ease some major congestion issues that we have in the City.
Carl Henn:
The ICC is a huge mistake. It’s expensive, destructive and ineffective at addressing our traffic problems. Its cost in the last fiscal year was roughly the same as the statewide cut backs in local funding. The State got additional stimulus money for highways, while the City got its transportation funds from the State cut. The ICC was the difference – a huge project moving forward in spite of declining revenues. It stands as an obstacle to funding higher priority projects like the Purple Line and the Corridor Cities Transitway. The ICC makes no sense in light of global warming and energy security concerns.
John Britton:
ICC – opposed.
Mark Pierzchala:
I have always supported it. I used to drive to
Phyllis Marcuccio:
I have never been an advocate for it. However, I accept
it. I hope it will improve everything it is supposed to do for us. I am
especially unhappy about it being a toll road as I believe that much of the
undesirable traffic will still crowd our
Tom Moore:
I think it will be a useful way to move people and goods across the county and should relieve some of our other major arteries of a lot of unnecessary traffic.
Waleed Ovase:
I believe the ICC will bring in more traffic, more pollution, and more safety hazards to our already crowded streets.
Piotr Gajewski:
I am glad it is not in
Bridget Newton:
I think that it is unfortunate that after building the ICC in record time, the powers that be are considering making it a toll road.
Virginia Onley:
The ICC will temporarily relieve pressure on our infrastructure, but then, like all roads before it, population growth and commuter use will saturate the ICC to the point of over-congestion. People will complain again and then our legislators will start talking about ICC II. All the while, these new roads and the cars on them will have made a negative impact on our environment. The cycle will not end unless we shift to another paradigm. Specifically, we need to promote and expand our systems of public transportation. It will take innovation, resolve, patience, and investment, but there is no reason why our region cannot be a leader in 21st-century transportation initiatives.