Highway Route Selection Public Controversy
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/124#Highway_Route_Selection_Public_Controversy
Properties
Instance of
PublicControversyEngineeringDecisionState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicControversyEngineeringDecisionState
Active period
From initial public discussion of highway routing through public authority's final determination
Affected parties
Consulting engineer
General public / citizenry
Highway department engineers
Public authority
Confidence
0.88
Importance
medium
Subject
Highway department's proposed route selection for new highway system, contested by consulting engineer and subject to public interest
Terminated by
Public authority determination on appropriate route
Triggering event
Highway department engineers propose specific route and cost estimates that generate public interest and professional disagreement
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
Probably no engineering activity excites as much interest, comment, and criticism from members of the public as that related to the location of proposed highway systems.
Text references
Probably no engineering activity excites as much interest, comment, and criticism from members of the public as that related to the location of proposed highway systems.
This is a question for determination by appropriate public authority.
When an engineering project has such a direct and substantial impact on the daily life of the citizenry as the location of a highway it is desirable that there be public discussion.
TTL
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case124:Highway_Route_Selection_Public_Controversy a proeth:PublicControversyEngineeringDecisionState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Highway Route Selection Public Controversy" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From initial public discussion of highway routing through public authority's final determination" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Consulting engineer",
"General public / citizenry",
"Highway department engineers",
"Public authority" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "124" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T15:20:05.187155+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "124" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T15:20:05.187155+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Probably no engineering activity excites as much interest, comment, and criticism from members of the public as that related to the location of proposed highway systems." ;
proeth:stateclass "Public Controversy Engineering Decision State" ;
proeth:subject "Highway department's proposed route selection for new highway system, contested by consulting engineer and subject to public interest" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Public authority determination on appropriate route" ;
proeth:textreferences "Probably no engineering activity excites as much interest, comment, and criticism from members of the public as that related to the location of proposed highway systems.",
"This is a question for determination by appropriate public authority.",
"When an engineering project has such a direct and substantial impact on the daily life of the citizenry as the location of a highway it is desirable that there be public discussion." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Highway department engineers propose specific route and cost estimates that generate public interest and professional disagreement" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 124 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T15:41:57.132907"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 124 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
124
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:20:05.187155+00:00
First case
124
Generated
2026-03-02T15:20:05.187155+00:00
Attributed to
Case 124 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:41:57.132907
Generated by
ProEthica Case 124 Extraction