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To: bitt

The Ukrainians took out the Kerch Bridge and the Russians had it fixed in several months in the middle of a war. The Russians are now building a new rail line along the coast of their occupied territory in the Donbas.

I think Zelensky is just waiting for them to finish it, before he starts taking it out piece by piece with moving trains.


13 posted on 03/28/2024 8:37:34 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

After the 1994 Northridge earthquake we rebuilt the freeway overpasses in under 90 days. The governor promised a $1 million bonus for each day that it was completed earlier than projected. I don’t remember what the projected time was, I just know it was done fast and the contractors got a big bonus which was shared with the workers. But these were a major interstates, the I-5 and I-10. They were not as big a stretch as the Key bridge but the point is clear. If it is necessary and desired it can be done.

Now 30 years later they are trying to add a lane in each direction for a 10 mile stretch north of that I-5 overpass That lane project was started during Obama’s first term under his “shovel ready” projects plan.


24 posted on 03/28/2024 8:52:40 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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