03-31-2018, 10:24 AM
building a real road would have been 10x that amount (or more).
Yes, that may be true. It also would have cost a substantial amount of money to build Alaska's bridge to nowhere, from Ketchikan to an airport used by a handful of people every day. They already had a perfectly good, functional ferry, and didn't need to spend the money.
The main point isn't cost, it's that Puna has one road for a growing population, a population that's already substantially larger than the hunting camp in Alaska. Puna needs Highway 130 to function as optimally as possible at all times, 24/7. We don't have an alternative trail to run our ATV (or off-road it) when there's an accident on our only road in and only road out.
As Spock (former resident of our sister District, Planet Vulcan) said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
If you want to combine the dual pleasures of insanity and social acceptance, religion is your only choice. - Last Aphorisms
Yes, that may be true. It also would have cost a substantial amount of money to build Alaska's bridge to nowhere, from Ketchikan to an airport used by a handful of people every day. They already had a perfectly good, functional ferry, and didn't need to spend the money.
The main point isn't cost, it's that Puna has one road for a growing population, a population that's already substantially larger than the hunting camp in Alaska. Puna needs Highway 130 to function as optimally as possible at all times, 24/7. We don't have an alternative trail to run our ATV (or off-road it) when there's an accident on our only road in and only road out.
As Spock (former resident of our sister District, Planet Vulcan) said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
If you want to combine the dual pleasures of insanity and social acceptance, religion is your only choice. - Last Aphorisms
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves