[Tagging] Formerly proposed highways

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 5/1/2011 8:42 PM, Dave F. wrote:
> On 01/05/2011 21:32, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> On 5/1/2011 4:28 PM, Andrew Cleveland wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can the highway=proposed tag apply to highways which were proposed but
>>> are no longer? As in the road was never constructed and the proposal was
>>> abandoned? The wiki says the tag is for "roads that are about to be
>>> built, but where any construction work hasn't yet been started", but I
>>> don't know if that counts for anything.
>>
>> I've used highway=unbuilt for this.
>
> Why would anyone want this?

Because sometimes the strip of right-of-way still exists as a separate 
landuse, or it explains why two disconnected roads have the same name.