From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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 In
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:47:40 -0500
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2/22/25 15:53, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
> 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:
>>>
>>>> Biden actually got something done for our infrastructure.
>>>
>>> Nope.
>>>
>>> Roads, bridges, rail, all worse by far.
>>>
>>
>> Wrong.
>
> You lie simply to lie as a knee jerk.
>
> https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-more-than-a-third-of-us-bridges-are-structurally-deficient-it-coul/604302/
>
> The U.S. has a bridge problem.
>
> The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the countryâs 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-09-19-2024/
>
> U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES & HIGH FATALITY RATES; BACKLOG OF NEEDED REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. RURAL ROADS & BRIDGES TOTALS $198 BILLION
> Eds: TRIPâs report and appendices include data for all 50 states for the percentage of rural roads in poor condition, the percent of deficient rural bridges, rural traffic fatality rates and the number of rural traffic fatalities.
>
> An analysis of the Status of the Nationâs 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 nationâs 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.
>
Yup. What that's saying is that the backlog of infrastructure needs was
even bigger than (2017 Trump's thru 2024 Biden's) funding levels, which
means that it makes even LESS sense for 2025 Trump to cancel funding.
-hh