What happened to the $900 billion dollar Stimulus money Obama was given to rebuild the nation's infrastructure?
Obama treated it like his private slush fund.
It just seemed to be frittered away with little to show for it.
Posted on 05/29/2016 1:11:28 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
America's roads and bridges got a real workout in 2015. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, drivers last year logged more miles on our roads than in any year in U.S. history — more than 3.1 trillion miles — an increase of more than 3% over 2014.
Wisconsin is part of that trend with more than 60 billion of those miles traveled. But, too often, Wisconsinites find themselves idling in traffic or on slow-going, bumpy roads. I'm sure it was not a surprise when a study commissioned by the Local Government of Wisconsin Institute concluded last spring that Wisconsin roads are the third worst in the nation.
Now, a year later, while the governor, legislators and the state Department of Transportation debate a path of action, Milwaukee residents continue to sit in traffic, and pay an extra $700 in vehicle repairs every year due to damaged roads — that's almost double the national average of $377.
Infrastructure deterioration in Wisconsin — due largely to slashed budgets — affects almost every industry and motorist in the state. Making matters worse, traffic continues to increase, producing more wear and tear on already crumbling roads and bridges that were built for far less traffic.
It is time for Wisconsin to seriously consider tolling.
Currently, 35 states have leveraged the power of tolling as a proven and effective option to meet their road funding needs. Neighboring states such as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio all have tolled facilities. Across the country, toll road usage was up 7% in 2015, with more than 5 billion trips on toll roads, bridges and tunnels. Toll roads are helping states build stronger economies, move people and goods faster and more efficiently and, most important, create a safer, more sustainable infrastructure.
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I seriously doubt that.
California, and its sub-70-IQ elected criminals have always been the pioneers in raiding the taxpayers' pockets.
Always have been, always will be.
What happened to the $900 billion dollar Stimulus money Obama was given to rebuild the nation's infrastructure?
Obama treated it like his private slush fund.
It just seemed to be frittered away with little to show for it.
Toll Bridges, but it didn’t help their argument to point out that nuance....
I did not think Minnesota had any either.
I don’t know of any toll roads in Minnesota, but I’ve only lived here 35 years so maybe they are somewhere I don’t go. Can’t imagine where though.
There was only about $30 billion in that package for infrastructure.
Toll roads - the scam where you bundle in public employee pension debt in with ‘road building’ debt and then charge the public to use the road they already paid for (a couple times over) as a mechanism to fund that debt.
Don’t do it.
LOL.
Ahhhh I see. Thanks for pointing that out.
Forget tolls- go back to building/repairing roads with convict labor. Much cheaper than inflated bids by politically connected contractors, the only government workers involved would be the guys paid to shoot the escapees and it would increase prison space as part of the incarcerated would live in tents near the work site.
This guy hasn’t been to Wisc. recently.
He’s more interested in how projects are funded.
New Road and road projects all over the place.
This ain't 'Cool Hand Luke'. With the demographics of prisons, they would essentially be accused of bringing back slavery.
I think the state needs a real audit to see where the money is spent.
Amendment 13,Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Accuse away- it is allowed by the Constitution.
You know that and I know that, but does that matter?
The communists at the Journal Sentinel want toll booths every five feet like in Illinois.
I love all the lib pablum about “roads and bridges.” Kind of like “path to citizenship.”
To “Black Lives Matter” maybe. Not to me....and it shouldn’t make a difference in any court, although that would only apply to sane jurists who actually read the law.
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