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augustoersonage t1_itckkdu wrote

Reply to comment by Mijbr090490 in Warehouses, a manufacturing plant, a Chick-fil-A and Sheetz among more than 30 projects planned for central Pa. by elanlift

Growth is fine and necessary. It's just depressing that there seems to be no awareness or appetite for intelligent growth in CPA. The only plan ever is to build some large footprint warehouse or facility or shit housing on farmland. Alternative: comprehensive planning with designated light industrial zones, preservation of open space, and transit-oriented development. I know, I know. It's really out there. And yes, I do have a degree in city planning, since you asked.

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TacoNomad t1_itcoq6m wrote

It would help if growth came from appropriate reinvestment into infrastructure. PA keeps letting companies destroy our resources. Gas companies should be funding our highway repairs, not citizens.

And old roadways need to be revamped to accommodate trucks. All Of the warehouses. Off of 83, and most ramps have zero merge lanes. Exit ramps with stoplights at the top of a slope means only one trucks make it through each light cycle Takes only 3 trucks to back traffic up onto the interstate.

These companies should be paying to upgrade the community, not getting tax breaks to destroy it.

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Mor_Tearach t1_itd54yn wrote

I'll drive every back road I can, I don't care how many traffic lights to avoid 83. It's always been ridiculous, who in hell designed that anyway? More traffic on it? Can't imagine.

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scotticusphd t1_itekop6 wrote

Maybe central PA shouldn't keep electing the same shitty politicians who'd rather impeach Philadelphia's DA instead of doing their fucking jobs.

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