From: Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Both Presidents Obama And Biden Said They Wanted To End Waste
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:53:32 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:39:58 -0800
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-22 12:30, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:23:49 -0500
> > Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> > =20
> >> Biden actually got something done for our infrastructure. =20
> >=20
> > Nope.
> >=20
> > Roads, bridges, rail, all worse by far.
> > =20
>=20
> Wrong.
You lie simply to lie as a knee jerk.
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-more-than-a-third-of-us-bridge=
s-are-structurally-deficient-it-coul/604302/
The U.S. has a bridge problem.
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country=E2=80=99s overall
infrastructure a C- grade in its 2021 report card, and the American
Road and Transportation Builders Association estimates that 171.5
million vehicles cross over 45,000 structurally deficient U.S. bridges
every day.
https://tripnet.org/reports/rural-connections-national-news-release-09-19-2=
024/
U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES & HIGH FATALITY RA=
TES; BACKLOG OF NEEDED REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES=
TOTALS $198 BILLION
Eds: TRIP=E2=80=99s report and appendices include data for all 50 states fo=
r the percentage of rural roads in poor condition, the percent of deficient=
rural bridges, rural traffic fatality rates and the number of rural traffi=
c fatalities.
An analysis of the Status of the Nation=E2=80=99s Highways, Bridges and
Transit Conditions and Performance Report, 25th Edition report,
submitted by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to
Congress in 2024, indicates that the U.S. faces a $198 billion backlog
in needed repairs and improvements to the nation=E2=80=99s rural roads,
highways and bridges. This includes a $97 billion backlog for rural
road and highway rehabilitation, a $53 billion backlog for needed rural
bridge rehabilitation, and a $48 billion backlog for needed rural
roadway expansions and enhancements.