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 BK>>  Do you have any idea how much of a disaster that would be
 BK>> for  the state? The loss of a major transportation artery
 BK>> would be  really really bad.

 BA> Only for the truck stops, and there aren't all that many of
 BA> those. Omaha, Lincoln, York, Grand Island and North Platte.
 BA>  Most westbound truckers hit the truck stops in Council
 BA>  Bluffs rather than Omaha, fuel is noticeably cheaper in
 BA>  Iowa (gasoline at the convenience store in Malvern, IA, is
 BA>  about 10 cents/gallon cheaper than gasoline at Offutt
 BA>  AFB's *on-base* station).

 BA> There *are* other roads for those needing them.

 If they were good enough that would be one thing. If not...

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... When you get there, there isn't any there anymore.
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