This much we know. There’s probably no changing the dissenting minds of County Commissioners Jim Norman and Al Higginbotham on the transit-referendum issue. And a tax for anything is now a tougher slog than ever — even if this hub city’s economic viability is ultimately at stake.
But it has to help that the Commission has now approved a list of road projects that would complement new rail lines and bus service. This is no big-ticket abstraction. For many of those not on board for rail, it’s hardly irrelevant that most of the asphalt money will go toward county-owned roads. Projects such as the widening of Lithia Pinecrest Road from State Road 60 to Fishhawk Trails Drive.
Can’t hurt to actually see such a list published. This region’s future is no abstraction.