From the article: “The 99 offers a number of banal (and oft-forgotten) lessons handed down from our grandparents, who mapped out what once was the nation’s premier transportation system. Highways, along with damns [sic], canals and bridges, are the lifeblood of a state, a far more important priority than investing in transgendered restrooms or efforts to save the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly.”
Do you think it’s a typo or a clever jab?
I wondered the EXACT same thing! Then again with so many writers using voice dictation, a homonym is easy to have and not catch!