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TM My elected officials 1 r; '
The big slab project is not dead it needs a to pl.ot, -
looking into. Why do they want twelve miles they will -j
completely control? They say they only need a two mile
corridor. Why do they need a two mile corridor? That
wide a right of way is not necessary for a highway, rail-
road lines or power and utility lines . They say there
will be limited access . Access will only be at major high -
way intersections . What happens toschool, fire and
irrigation districts who have been cut into by the slaB?
Access would only be by verylong dr_ ivesto an intersect-
ion.
Who is putting up two billion dollars to build the
slab? Their only answer is it is foreign money. No
matter what their front man promises the ones with the
money will have the ultimate The money #rail needs
to be followed. How will they repay two billion dollars
with highway fees of as low as ten dollars? If the county
and state give up their rights to control usage in the
slap what to stop casinos and other questionable activit-
ies to be put into the slab? Think Two billion dollars
aain.
''There ar other questions . Do Colorado citizens .
want to allow non governmental inities to condemn private
property? Do they want foreign interests to control
a twelve mile wide strip by two hundred miles long?
Thats alot of Colorado real estate . The land values
in the slab will certainly go down when they control
all usage and have the power to condemn anyone in the
twelve mile corridor. If ou farm or ranch or run a
business that depends on access to both sides of the
corridor how do you continue to operate? If y )u farm
do you have to take farm equipment to a major hihway
to : •et across the slab? Wouldn' t that be very danger-
ous?
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In conclusion I would hope our law makers would look
at all the negatives such a proposal would make in
lost controls , disruption to services, costs to ones need-
ing to cross the slab for business reasons and lost in-
• come . If such a road is built it should be like any
other such project. It should be limited to only the
necessary amount of land for theright of ways needed.
Access to land on each side of the slab should not be
limited to cause undue hardships on anyone .
J Norman Brown
13557 WCR 88
Pierce , CO. 80650
1-970-834-2539
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