Posted 10/11/2007 05:27:00 PM by Douglas

TX DoT's unwavering dedication to safety continues, unabated. [click on the tag if you want to read up on this stupidity from three years ago]

The highway hazard elimination project that drew howls of protest from people the last couple years opposing removal of Panhandle trees is now in its second phase.

Ninety-seven trees along the U.S. 60 and U.S. 83 roadways were slated for removal, and all but a few in Ochiltree County are down.

Other aspects of hazard elimination in Gray, Roberts, Hemphill and Lipscomb counties still are under construction and about 50 percent complete, said Kenneth Corse, Texas Department of Transportation area engineer for those counties. He is based in Pampa.

A public outcry ensued when the original 2004 plan called for the state to remove 1,185 trees in Hemphill, Roberts, Lipscomb, Ochiltree and Gray counties. Highway safety guidelines generally call for cutting trees within a 16-feet safety zone from the white line at the roadway's edge. A 30-feet wide safety zone is recommended for more heavily traveled roadways.

193 structurally deficient bridges in Texas and this is what they're wasting your money on?!?

Panhandle TX DoT are remarkably stupid (even when gauged against nominal TX DoT stupidity) and not a one of them has ever been East of Wichita Falls. I would hate to see one of these morons navigate Texas 241 between Linwood and Rusk in East Texas. The Piney Woods would make short work of these fools.

Labels: Killer Trees