Propositions 416 and 417 Will Preserve Pinal County’s Way Of Life And Quality Of Life
by Pinal County Supervisor Anthony Smith | SanTanValley.com
Yes votes on Propositions 416 and 417 will get us new roads and freeways, and solve our traffic nightmares now and into the future. But these measures also preserve our quality of life. I must politely but strongly disagree with a letter submitted by Mr. Scott Skinner claiming that new roads and freeways will urbanize Pinal County.
We can’t stop growth in Pinal County. But we can manage growth. Propositions 416 and 417 will give Pinal County the transportation infrastructure it needs to ensure that growth does not turn into sprawl. There’s a big difference. This transportation plan provides a network of roads and freeways that keep traffic off our surface streets, prevents traffic jams on existing highways such as Interstate 10, and contains growth so that it doesn’t conflict with a rural lifestyle so many of us enjoy.
Without this transportation plan we will have uncontrolled growth and sprawl as traffic collects on surface streets instead of quality infrastructure. Development, especially retail, follows traffic flows. And if we can’t control traffic flows, we lose control of development and we have chaos.
