Regarding "Wider road means big headaches" (Tuesday Front Page), I was disturbed to read that once the Highway 290 project is completed, the existing four inbound and four outbound lanes will be improved to: four inbound and four outbound lanes.
How is it that the long-delayed improvement of 290 will result only in the expansion of the HOV/Toll lanes? That question is answered almost before it's asked: the disturbing trend in road improvements in Houston has been to expand lanes that generate revenues at the expense of everything else. And while the spokespeople for the project make all the politically correct noises about engineering the expansion solely around transit lanes because it "encourages greater use of high occupancy vehicles", nobody is fooled. This is a money-grab, pure and simple, and 100% funded by increasingly put-upon taxpayers and toll road Users.
You don't need to take my word for it: the article frankly states that the Hwy 290 expansion was under-engineered because they eventually intend to "create a tollway along Hempstead Highway......as traffic volume warrants." To the drivers who use the recently improved I-10 West corridor: enjoy the additional free lanes. It's looking to be the last time that's ever going to happen in Houston.
Pete Smith
Cypress
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Road (expansion) weary
Regarding "Wider road means big headaches" (Page A1, Tuesday), I was disturbed to read that once the U.S. 290 project is completed, the existing four inbound and four outbound lanes will be improved to: four inbound and four outbound lanes.
How is it that the long-delayed improvement of 290 will result only in the expansion of the HOV/Toll lanes? That question is answered almost before it's asked: The disturbing trend in road improvements in Houston has been to expand lanes that generate revenues at the expense of everything else.
And while the spokespeople for the project make all the politically correct noises about engineering the expansion solely around transit lanes because it "encourages greater use of high occupancy vehicles," nobody is fooled.
This is a money-grab, pure and simple, and 100 percent funded by increasingly put-upon taxpayers and toll-road users.
Pete Smith, Cypress
Road (expansion) weary
Regarding "Wider road means big headaches" (Page A1, Tuesday), I was disturbed to read that once the U.S. 290 project is completed, the existing four inbound and four outbound lanes will be improved to: four inbound and four outbound lanes.
And while the spokespeople for the project make all the politically correct noises about engineering the expansion solely around transit lanes because it "encourages greater use of high occupancy vehicles," nobody is fooled.
This is a money-grab, pure and simple, and 100 percent funded by increasingly put-upon taxpayers and toll-road users.
Pete Smith, Cypress
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