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And now we see what’s wrong with eminent domain…
Especially for widening and extending roads, which is typically not in the long-term public interest.
Wide roads > spread apart businesses and houses > too much infrastructure for too few people/too small of a tax base to support all of the infrastructure > crumbling infrastructure.
It takes a while to play out, but unless a city focuses on dense development, that’s the way it goes. The phenomenon is perhaps the primary reason why the neighborhoods surrounding Washington Square and Lafayette Square fell apart; it’s why the NW and NE sides are declining; and it’s why Broad Ripple and Carmel and Fishers got the message and are focusing on dense development such as to not fall into the same trap.
Another bridge across the river is vital to the city’s ability to handle dense development. Sometimes these things happen. City planners make decisions that everyone will not agree with but as in this case they will benefit over 99% of the population. This bridge project has been discussed for over 15 years and will be a welcome addition to the downtown traffic flow.