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 15:21:59 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:11:04 -0000 (UTC)
pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-22, Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam> wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:39:58 -0800
> > Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> > =20
> >> On 2025-02-22 12:30, Mercy-a-lago wrote: =20
> >> > 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. =20
> >
> > You lie simply to lie as a knee jerk.
> >
> > https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-more-than-a-third-of-us-br=
idges-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 over=
all
> > 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: TRIP=E2=80=99s 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 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.
> > =20
> A major bridge in my town was just closed due to structural issues.
> They had better get it fixed before the summer tourist season or
> things are going to be a mess.
>=20
> <https://www.southamptontownny.gov/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=3DPONQUOGUE-BRIDG=
E-IS-CLOSED-UNTIL-FURTHER-237>
>=20
>=20
I wonder what that will add to travel times.