Making the case against highway expansion

Lou writes, "

We are in the midst of battling a proposed highway expansion through our town:  the Maine Turnpike Authority is proposing to build a 4-lane, toll-highway which they are calling the "Gorham Connector" but many of us opponents have taken to dubbing it the "Gorham Divider"...

I am hoping / asking for Strong Towns support to help me present the strongest case possible against the highway -- particularly regarding the economic development prospects.  I've been soaking up Strong Towns media on highway expansions and so I understand that there is enormous opportunity cost in terms of the potential property tax revenue lost from the land that the highway will remove from our tax base; and so, I am hoping that Strong Towns can help me identify as many real-life examples that prove this point and others, including the underwhelming economic development that we would expect to see if this highway were to be built...  In a 2022 Upzoned podcast (which I've listened to recently), Chuck & Abby referred to Patrick Kennedy having compiled some very compelling presentations regarding proposed highway expansions in Dallas -- Could you possibly share with me link(s) to some of his work?

A great summary of our content on highway expansions being ill-advised

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/3/15/5-reasons-why-we-should-end-highway-expansion

https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/11812408677012-End-Highway-Expansion-Case-Studies-and-Examples

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/tag/highways

Patrick Kennedy and the Dallas Freeway Battle

https://medium.com/@WalkableDFW/where-the-345-feasibility-process-went-off-the-rails-fb088568cc1d 

https://podcast.strongtowns.org/e/patrick-kennedy-on-a-walkable-dallas-for-worth/

http://www.anewdallas.com/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-02/dallas-debates-fate-of-the-downtown-highway-that-divided-the-city