Submitted Public Comments - Hampton Roads Transportation ...

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HRTPO Public Comment
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RE: Midtown Tunnel/Downtown Tunnel/MLK Extension Project
Name: Mr. Paul Danaher
Date: March 16, 2012
Subject: Termination for Convenience
Public Comment Input (Via E‐Mail)
I work in international development aid, where there is extensive experience with PPP, and
I see none of the benefits and all of the disadvantages of this instrument in the present
agreement on the Portsmouth‐Norfolk tunnels and Martin Luther King Highway. The
absence of an economic impact study is the first fatal flaw, and the contractual obstacles to
light rail in the agreement as it stands is a second fatal flaw. Increasing capacity at just one
point in a road system is a proven recipe for disaster. The likely impact on the region has
been rightly described as balkanisation. Save us all billions over generations and kill this
contract now.
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