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ShartsvilleDestroyer t1_iwqti8a wrote

Reply to comment by sgf-guy in New Chadwick Flyer Trail, expected to cost $20M, coming in next 5-10 years by [deleted]

Did you take into consideration the estimated economic benefit this is predicted to bring in?

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sgf-guy t1_iwtgz4f wrote

I believe I saw a thing that said it was supposed to bring in $18 per visitor…but….these will very largely be people locally who were already going to do an activity and spend money anyway. So no, I don’t buy that math.

I’ve attended more city council meetings that most any multi term council person will…and projected economic benefit is grifter talk a LOT of the time.

I like history so I can respect the idea…but this doesn’t make sense. If this is such a great idea the local cyclist/jogger community will make it happen on their own. The thing about the govt being involved is it will never go away even if it doesn’t make sense. See the recent Nixa police/sports center vote for an example.

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