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Message: [QUOTE="Capt. Tuttle, post: 3062523, member: 191"] I understand that this is tax payer dollars, and I will confess that I don't see the direct correlation between a grid and a magical revitalization. The city would still be divided by a major thoroughfare. (I don't see a lot of back and forth across Erie Blvd., for instance. That said, I did read an article about the effects of Boston doing something similar, and the reviews were positive. Oppressive taxes, regulation and dreary skies are a far bigger impediment to revitalization that a raised highway.) That said, I don't think this is a time for being cheap. Lets do it right. An additional $50M or $500M, amortized over 30-40 years, is relatively peanuts. If money were no object, what would be the plan. Then work from there. If a large % of money is to be spent on materials, and workers from NY, then there will be a multiplication effect of money coming back into the state as the workers spend. [/QUOTE]