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Naturally shrink because we can be much more effective, much more Cost Effective in how we move people and product and naturally it actually takes less s sstem, overall long term. He says people naturally stop using certan pieces of the system. Which means likely they are already not being maintained and likely will shift away over time. Over time longtime linn county engineer steve gannon has seen that happen firsthand. 1 39 47 roads like leigh rd, weve vacated if you look now its nearly impossible to find any signs of some of the roads that no longer exist like leigh road. Linn county crews face this from timetotime as they work on the 1,157 miles of roads in the couny. As theres less and less use, it over grows. So, at some point, typicaay its the ppperty owner thats adjacent it becomes a nuisance for people. They are not really used for very much. They overgrow in trees. People then ask to have something done about it, either ....
Winds se 515 alo 39 dbq 38 iow 43tonight mostly cloudy low 3137 winds se 1015 alo 32 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow chance ofshowers fog high 4248 nds s 1015 alo 44 dbq w 47tomorrow night ars of izzleefog low 3945 winds s 1015 alo 39 dbq 40iow 44 anks kaj. Iowa has too many roads for future needs. That assessment comes from department of transportation director paul trombinin. Trombino says the current Transportation System will shrink. Travel is changing over time and so will the number of roads, bridges and rails. Trombino doesnt believe iowa can afford to road miles and 25thousand bridges. He says iowans are shifting towards the use of high priority traveling out of the state with their products. Transportation leaders arent rebuilding roads that arent used any more. For example, when interstate380 came through, 1 53 00 my belief is i dont thinnanybody wants us to rebuild the system that was built in 1950 because people dont util ....