On 9 Mar 2005 04:30:51 -0800, "Larry Bud" >
wrote:

>> The Trans-Texas Corridor, almost a quarter-mile wide, would carry
>cars,
>> trucks, trains and pipelines for water, oil, natural gas, electricity
>> and fiber optics. The roads would be built over the next 50 years at
>a
>> cost of up to $185 billion, mostly with private money.
>
>If it were only 100% private money, then it'd be perfect. Don't want
>to drive on it, don't have to pay for it.

You know ... concentrating THAT much traffic and commerce
along a narrow corridor ... makes a GREAT target for
terrorists. So, private money or not, this may not be
an especially good idea.