muncien wrote: .-.-. but I would have preferred that any rework of freeways within a couple of miles of the CBD be trenched (similar to 75) allowing various points to be capped over time.
US 75 has been trenched how long now, 20 plus years? Reconstruction started in 1992 and was finished in 1999.
Has anyone proposed capping it since?
I'm waiting!
Do not get my viewpoint wrong, building a freeway in a ditch, at grade, or in a viaduct works just as well. But at some point costs of construction and later maintenance should be considered - if only to be wise stewards of public finances.
Building a freeway in a ditch so someone can later cap it is foolish and wasteful, because like US 75 the odds that someone will later want to cap it is so slim.