i enjoy your ignorance of reality, why dont you spend some time about sprawl. Sprawl is simple and clear on the issues that cause it, one issue is turning roads into highways. Its clear, and proven in fact across this nation about expansion of roads with increase in sprawl building. If route 70 was legally held as a two lane road, it would diminish building by causing selling issues to buyers. Its simple, do you want the Red Lion Diner to be sold for 2 milion, and continue to be a diner, or sold for 15 million plus millions also millions for the properties around it to be a shopping center intersection? Sounds good huh, then the land around it will go up in value to amounts where it will become houses/apartments/commercial buildings. Stopping sprawl is not about ruining land prices to people, people will still get high value, its about stopping what comes along with it. If sprawl is allowed, NJ can in all rational thought on historical evidence turn into one giant highway system, which destroys nature, and raises costs (taxes) beyond the costs from taxes currently(understand sprawl and its costs, taxes to maintain now could be ridiculously lowered if sprawl didint happen). This is why sprawl is not "municipalities creating tax friendly building", it costs more, its just a simple 1-2 budget surplus, it creates a chase to expand, and expand so taxes are not raised in those persons elected office time, after that, its BOOM, welcome to 100% increase in 1 year. This is important with Route 206, either Route 206 will be some restricted but allowed building which will turn it into Route 130 in 30 years, or it can be totally preserved which will preserve townships, and pinelands around it. Choices to be made with voting and arguments, its about understanding the issue, not about "wow they preserved 30 acres on the border of Shamong and the forest". You make the choice, and hope people understand 20 minute backup in summer because of shore traffic means more then destroying our natural areas, but hey, its about money, the more my house is worth is more important then anything else, hey i can always stick it out and retire in North Carolina. Understand sprawl before you want 15 lane roads in Medford, stopping sprawl will increase home and property values, proven, look at other nations, your $100k 1 bedroom home in other nations would be worth 400k+, stopping sprawl benefits in tax costs to the people, lifestyle stability, and a rise in property value. So get some clues, plenty of books with facts, your rational understanding, and your own time, its the same conclusion.
