All in the name of "protecting" the environment. Well, that is if you if you read between the lines of a recent news report from the Dailypress.com the Sierra Club opposes the expansion of a section of US-460 between Suffolk and Petersburg.
By expanding the roadway, jobs will be created in the form of construction, jobs will be created in the form of Hampton Roads having a more robust and inviting transportation network making its harbors and ports more commercially friendly, by expanding US 460 more people would be able to get out of Hampton Roads if and when an evacuation is required. Expanding US-460 would speed up traffic coming and going to the region as an alternate from I-64.
So, you can pollute the environment as you sit in traffic on the weekends on I-64 now and in the future, or you can help the environment by quickly getting to your destination. Who knows, an expanded US -460 might even save your life.
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