[Regarding “From Asheville Watchdog: I-26 Bridge Over Patton Avenue, Nixed Years Ago, Is Quietly Revived in Connector Plan,” Feb. 17, Xpress:]
Do I have a say in this? I’m in Asheville all the time but live in Marshall. Just sayin’, look at the Boston disaster where they destroyed the city with an overhead highway and finally, at huge cost, had to tear it down because of how horrible it was.
— Joe Thompson
Marshall
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I’m in Asheville and this is my neighborhood. No way in hell are we going to let them turn Patton in some kind of underpass hell with half of Asheville’s homeless population living there. Sorry kids. You said you were going to do this, then changed your minds and now you are back at it because it is easier and cheaper for you. We will not allow this to pass. Not in my backyard.