How many new shopping centers are needed at the I-70/U.S. 40 interchange east of Hagerstown?
“Out of curiosity, shouldn’t we first build and expand our highways and roads before we start building more shopping centers? Seems like there is not a whole lot of thought going into how we are going to handle all the additional vehicle traffic that additional shopping centers will create.” “The more stores, the less we have to travel south or west.” “Yes, we do need to improve the road infrastructure in the East End of Hagerstown. However, the East End is a very heavily populated part of town, and there are not sufficient eating and shopping venues in the area for residents to patronize. With the price of gas, a trip to Frederick may not be an option. In addition, either one or both of these centers would bring jobs to the area, and additional money to the county as well. I say build away.” “The photos of the plans in The Herald Mail on Sunday showed no expansion of the roads. Please use common sense and build roads before adding additional vehicles to them. If the price of gas conti
