This is very important, especially to those of us in Iowa, where  we are 
witnessing the best farmland in the world being destroyed by  highway-induced 
urban sprawl. (Our farmland does not require irrigation, unlike  
California's Central Valley.)
Tom Mathews,
Des Moines
 
In a message dated 6/22/2012 5:33:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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:From:  StevenSondheim <[log in to unmask] 
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Date: June 21, 2012 2:26:23 PM CDT
To: Scott Banbury  <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
Cc:  Dennis Lynch <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) >, "Sue 
A.  Williams" <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
Subject:  Re: Landmark ruling for major highway  projects






Let's talk about leveraging this for our projects.

Steven Sondheim  




On Jun 21, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Scott Banbury <[log in to unmask] 
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) >  wrote:




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-------- Original Message --------    Subject:  Landmark ruling for major 
highway projects  Date:  Thu, 24 May 2012 15:22:08 -0500 (CDT)  From:  
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_Ruling changes playing field for  proposed highways in the South_ 
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In  a landmark ruling that has national implications, SELC  scored a 
unanimous decision from the U.S. 4th Circuit  Court of Appeals that NCDOT and the 
Federal Highway  Administration broke federal law by failing to consider  
the sprawl-inducing impacts of the Monroe Bypass, a  20-mile proposed toll 
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Ruling  changes playing field for proposed highways in the  South 

Trees  nearly 400 years old spared from logging in  Tennessee 

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