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Military realignment on schedule; half of jobs transferred to Redstone
An infusion of jobs in this area, important when Redstone Arsenal’s expansion was announced in 2005, has renewed significance after a recession and lingering 10 percent unemployment.
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Focusing on schools is great; however, no matter which school children attend, the road issue is a major obstical for anyone transferring to Redstone Arsenal. In addition to Martin Road, the state needs to widen I565 from Huntsville to Decatur. The traffic is horriable in the evenings. Decatur's selling point is that it only takes 20 minutes to get to the Arsenal and that is false. It takes me 30 minutes in the morning and up to 1 hour and 15 minutes in the afternoon to get to the Arsenal and I live near the interstate at Priceville and do not go thru a red light all the way to work. The people living on the SW side of Decatur have a much longer drive than I do beacuse of the Beltline traffic.
anytime they bring up schools/teachers I wait for the "tax" thing come up.
Emily, exactly where would like for the money to come from? You know, the millions it would take to widen I-565. The State is already talking about putting employees on a furlough (not sure about the spelling of that), so are you going to offer up the cash to widen the interstate? The transportation department is focusing more on mainaining the existing roadways right now, rather than trying to widen or create new ones. We don't even have enough money to keep the roadways the way they should be, much less start adding on new stuff.
its really a mute point. brac folks won't be coming to decatur anyway. we have nothing to offer.
GOOD POINT TAMMY---AFTER READING ALL THE NEGATIVE STUFF,CAN YOU BLAME NEWCOMERS FOR NOT MOVING TO DECATUR