Think
it’s safe to cross the next bridge you come to?
There’s
something like a 1-in-4 chance that the next bridge you cross is getting way
too close to falling down.
WashingtonPost.com reports that one-quarter of America’s bridges are “structurally deficient or
functionally obsolete.” If you forgot to get your engineering degree, that
means “way too close to falling down.”
It’s
not only bridges that are getting short shrift in our accelerating failure to
pay for highway infrastructure repairs and upgrades. There’s almost a $60
billion list of needed repairs for our commuter railways. And you want to talk about the roads?....
WaPo
says that deteriorated roads are causing an average of $324 in vehicle damage
and repairs each year for the average motorist.
We’re
not just talking about potholes here….
We
need to raise gas taxes and tolls, and start spending a lot more money to fix
our roads and bridges and rail lines.
What ever happened to the trillion dollar stimulus? If we raise the gas tax and tolls is the tax money going toward roads or into the general fund? Are all those pot holes caused by global warming? Maybe we don't built a windmill or sink 1/2 billion into a Solyndra and fix a bridge!
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