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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston
We had a huge section of toll road built totally with the stimulus money, the link connects our area of NE Houston to Clearlake TX which is south of Houston half way to Galveston. Our Republican congressman, Ted Poe has been totally against any of the stimulus plan and has taken to the house floor to lambast it numerous times. He also showed up to have his picture taken at the ribbon cutting when the road was opened and spoke about how this new road would help his constituents and the communities.  |
My only question is how many people were actually helped and at what cost? Or is it just another land "bridge to no where"?