Infrastructure, roads, bridges, airports — all suck, all need repair


Michigan fixes road the way they fix water supplies

❝ The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that the nation’s highways and bridges face an $808.2 billion backlog of investment spending, including $479.1 billion in critically needed repairs. More than two-thirds of the nation’s roads and nearly 143,000 bridges are classified in “dire need” of repair or upgrades. U.S. ports are clogged and need dredging to improve the flow of goods; railroad tracks need modernizing; airport communications technology needs updating and expansion; and urban mass transit is old and inadequate. As president, Trump wants to rebuild America’s core…

If you think the whole of these needs or a significant portion will produce a campfire singalong between elite Democrats, Progressive Democrats, Opportunist Democrats, Teapublicans, Trumpublicans, Hoover Republicans, elite Republicans — I might offer you a deal on one of those bridges. In Brooklyn.

2 thoughts on “Infrastructure, roads, bridges, airports — all suck, all need repair

  1. says:

    A total of 19 buildings are demolished in only 10 seconds by five tons of explosives on Saturday in central China’s Hubei province. Altogether, the buildings possessed a floor area of 150,000 sq meters. The newly vacant land will be used to construct the centre of Wuhan’s business district (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9YvbRVeS4I

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    Snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapses hours before scheduled Biden visit to talk infrastructure https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/us/pittsburgh-bridge-collapse/index.html
    President Biden is aware of the bridge collapse in Pittsburgh, which happened earlier this morning about six miles away from where he is set to deliver remarks on infrastructure and other topics later Friday.
    He will proceed with that trip, according to the White House.
    “The President has been told of the bridge collapse in Pittsburgh. Our team is in touch with state and local officials on the ground as they continue to gather information about the cause of the collapse,” the White House said in a statement. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/bridge-collapse-pittsburgh-01-28-21/index.html

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