Kamuelaflyer
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Me too.It's always amused me that Hawaii has Interstate highways. ?
There's a bit of a history there though. When gas taxes were first used for the interstate system the State of Hawaii complained, "Exactly what at use are the interstates to us and why are we paying gas taxes for them?" The answer was, "We're providing for the common defense." (They were sold as military use to transport men and equipment quickly). The answer was pretty much along the lines of "Oh, just like you defended Pearl Harbor?" It went downhill from there. Congress actually had to amend the interstate laws to allow them in Hawaii as Hawaii was threatening to impound all of the Hawaii derived Federal Gas tax money. So with the amended law they could build a freeway and then they could move soldiers from Kaneohe MCAS or Schofield Barracks to defend Pearl Harbor or Hickam, right? No, no they couldn't -- the freeway that could do that didn't actually open for well over 30 more years.
They then allowed interstates in Hawaii, more specifically Oahu where it was really needed (The H-1), later the H-2 was added (Nicknamed the "H to Nowhere") to open up the middle of the island, and finally the H-3 which was an expensive disaster destroying some cultural sites and scaring a pristine valley. But we got our freeways.
And ... the Oahu MME owners will benefit from the hands-free driving feature when added because they have the controlled access dived road (3 of them).
See it's on topic!
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