Local and state governments are just as bad with the money or worse.
Just last week they announced transportation funding here in Michigan. A county park in Jackson got $2 million to tear down a concrete wall that never should have been built and the county got $750,000 for roads.
Try living in Pittsburgh or the surrounding communities.
Roads here are so bad some look like they have been shelled. And every year its the same. They have no idea how to fix them and instead just throw cold patch in them, tap them down and move on to the next. 2 days later the hole is back.
Reporting potholes
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/information/potholes/reporting.html
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/04/02/potholes.html
For the years listed, pothole repair spending has gone down every year.
They should just use concrete in the first place.
A total waste of money. You can't even do pull through parking in the parking lots, your plate has to be visible, and they patrol it often. You don't speed on the base, TICKETS get issued quite frequently, worse speed trap in the US. It is hard to go 15 miles prh for long. I'm quite sure they also went up in on the other branches of the Military along with some more unneeded monuments to know one.
Billions in Highway Taxes Diverted to General
Only one-third of fees collected by state and local government from motorists goes directly to road construction and maintenance.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/14/1494.asp
old news, but it’s probably even worse now.