(02-02-2018 01:27 AM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-21-2018 11:05 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Arkansas did a study on tolls and only came up with a couple miles that would be profitable.
One of these outfits came in wanting to build the I-49 corridor in Arkansas as a toll. This is a very expensive corridor to build. To get I-540 (which runs parallel for about 75 miles) the Feds had to do 95-5 funding because Arkansas flat couldn't swing the cost of the tunnels, bridges and excavation required to build in the Ozarks.

Governor and Attorney General looked it over and it was pretty obvious they planned to get the state on the hook for a lot of the debt. They had one subsidiary that would do briding and another would excavation and another the paving and another would own and operate and own the debt. It was a sucker deal and the operating subsidiary was going to file bankruptcy to get out from under the debt and if they were so inclined another related company probably would come in and bid on the operating rights in bankruptcy.

Like what I learned about lignite gasification. There is a company that was getting press about it when oil was so high. I talked to a mining regulator about it because Arkansas has a lot of lignite. He said the article I read had left out that the company doing it had bought the plant out of bankruptcy for a nickel on the dollar. He said if you figure out how to make a billion-dollar plant for $50 million you'll have it made.

Strictly speaking selfishly, the last thing the Ozarks needs is an interstate. An interstate brings more people. No thanks.

Tyson, Wal-Mart and Jones Trucking needed it. Really end of discussion if you know what I mean.