... The Reno area, which has the infrastructure in place for another decade of free-flowing traffic...
... but didn't really get it:
Southern Nevada's motorists can't wait that long, and lawmakers need to know as much. Take your legislator's telephone number with you on the drive to work and call them from your cell phone when you're stuck in freeway gridlock. E-mail them to more fully describe the horrors of your commute. And when the Senate and Assembly transportation committees meet over the next four months, make time to visit the Sawyer Building in downtown Las Vegas for a videoconferenced hearing so lawmakers can attach a face to your misery.
Tell the 2007 Legislature that upgrading the Las Vegas Valley's overwhelmed freeways will benefit every interest in Nevada. Tell them to make Southern Nevada highway construction their highest priority.
I agree with the R-J that something needs to be done about Las Vegas' highways now. Something should also be done about Las Vegas' growth. Until they can explain why it is a million people need to flock there every 10-20 years without adequate infrastructure developed in advance, I'm not sure I'm ever gonna get it.
NWNV folks, this is why I'm telling you to start thinking of yourselves in terms of the region NWNV and why I'm urging you to start thinking of your regional population in terms of a million people or more.
Your infrastructure is developed way out, and after a fashion, that infrastructure is going to be a huge competitive advantage when compared to other regions of similar demographics.
As for whether I am pro-growth: I am neither pro nor anti- growth. I have accepted that growth will occur based on population trends over the past 30 or so years. I have come to accept that growth is inevitable. I think that only when citizens get involved and help shape their shared destinies, can the kind of growth they will accept, occur.
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