Obama to highlight 'urgent' bridge repair in Boehner’s home state

[babylonsister]

Obama to highlight 'urgent' bridge repair in Boehner’s home state
By Alicia M. Cohn - 09/15/11 02:17 PM ET


President Obama will promote his jobs bill at a bridge important to House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) district next week, the White House announced Thursday.

The White House said that Obama would visit the Brent Spence Bridge in Ohio on Sept. 22 in order to highlight the “urgent need” for infrastructure improvements, one of the ideas included in his bill.

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The 48-year-old bridge, which spans the Ohio River between Ohio and Kentucky, has been under review by transportation officials in the two states for massive repair or replacement. The double-decker inter-state bridge has been described as “functionally obsolete.”

Obama also used the bridge as an example of necessary infrastructure repair in his jobs speech to Congress, prompting both Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to respond that while the bridge is an important priority for their constituents, they would not support funding repairs through earmarks or another stimulus.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/181829-obama-to-highlight-urgent-bridge-repair-in-boehners-home-state

[Enrique]

1. are Boehner's brothers still out of work?

wouldn't it be great if Obama got them a job? Not that Boehner would ever find out about it.

[Tippy]

2. Obama doing exactly what I said sould be done.....

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[GSLevel9]

4. wasn't the FIRST stimulus about fixing infrastructure?

And isn't local infrastructure usually paid for with state funding? Just curious.

[Phx_Dem]

5. I hope a school bus drives over it while he's talking about it, so just

show how important it is to fix it (along with all the other crumbling roads, bridges!