I am firmly of the opinion that every night a satellite survey is made of Nashville. If that survey finds a major artery into downtown Nashville that is free of construction, some part of that artery is immediately dug up and surrounded by guys leaning on shovels.
The latest evidence that my theory is not mere idle musings is the new construction at the intersection of Whitebridge and I-40. Look at the picture. Do you see all the nice trees to the left? Look hard and remember well because they are gone now. Yes indeed, all those trees have been cut away so we can match the idiotically overbuilt sweeping ramps on the right with equally idiotic overbuilt sweeping ramps on the left.
Who decided we really needed this rampage? Did they really take a considered look at traffic and growth patterns before deciding to build a replica of Los Angeles right here in our back yard? Given that it started during the Sundquist administration, the same administration that brought us Not I 840, that is extremely unlikely.
So, why continue the darn thing? Were we bound to unbreakable contracts? Or, was it just some road stuff to build to soak up federal bailout dollars? I bet the latter.
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