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, [log in to unmask] writes:
:From: StevenSondheim <[log in to unmask]>
Date: June 21, 2012 2:26:23 PM CDT
To: Scott Banbury <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: Dennis Lynch <[log in to unmask]>, "Sue A. Williams" <[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]> wrote:



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Subject: Landmark ruling for major highway projects
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:22:08 -0500 (CDT)
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 http://selc.southernenvironment.org/site/R?i=3JNS99fSy5oZbPRcCS3rzQ

Ruling changes playing field for proposed highways in the South

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 highway near Charlotte.
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