Stimulus Springs Eternal: Building Roads In Upscale Illinois Neighborhoods

We recently stumbled across a Stimulus construction sign in an upscale neighborhood on the North Shore of Chicago. Recovery.gov describes the project as follows:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Highway Infrastructure Investment Grant: Urbanized Areas over 200K Population

Award Amount: $1,320,000

Reported Jobs: 4.66

We produced a short video asking the question: Does the upscale suburb of Evanston really need the hard-earned tax dollars of people from other states across the union in order to (re)build her local roads?

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The city of Evanston should write thank you notes to the legislatures of each of the other 57 states, thanking them for the new road.