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Need Advice in saving OKC's Union Station from destruction
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if the state of Oklahoma didnt waste all it's highway money on everything but highways, they could have upgraded their bridges to current standards long ago like many other states. the interstate highways were built to serve 2 purposes; to move the military and to move interstate commerce by truck. pretty much everything you own moves by out of state trucks, and they ned to get where they are going as fast and as safely as possible. by routing trucks onto I-240 you dont solve the issue of the bridges falling apart. they are still in bad shape and in need of repair and replacement. and the issue of increased traffic has nothing to do with trucks. if you remove the trucks there is still thousands of cars that use that highway and the highway will still need to be widened to accomidate them all. <br /> <br />how do you solve this? someone in Oklahoma needs to consider light or commuter rail to get those cars off the interstates. i dont know what OKC has against transit because i dont live there. but this is the best and cheapest idea they have come up with even though it is another short term solution. <br /> <br />i wish parts of the station didnt have to be torn down for another dirty, clogged interstate. but, unfortunately, thats the way things seem to be going lately. and no one in the Oklahoma government seem to want to do anything about it.
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