States struggle for financing to meet road needs

[marmar]

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Hoover Dam, one of the world's great engineering feats, is marred by roads with traffic so jammed along the Nevada-Arizona border that it tells a different story about the political will to maintain 21st century infrastructure.

The road leading to the dam cannot accommodate the torrent of tourists and spills them into the overwhelmed little town of Boulder City. Nevada lawmakers are trying to find a private company to build a $400 million bypass because the state can't afford it.

The phrase "you can't get there from here" is increasingly apt nearly everywhere one turns. America's roads, highways, bridges and transit systems are falling apart. Even those not in disrepair are often so crowded that a horse and buggy might seem faster. Cities and suburbs are outgrowing their infrastructure far faster than local governments can find the money to fix them.

While the problem is plain to all, the money and the political will to fix it isn't there. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/States-struggle-for-financing-apf-787152878.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Roads don't vote ,people sometimes don't think when they drive ,or...

Vote.

[pinto]

2. I'd really like to see Obama's federal infrastructure support survive the legislative

process, at a minimum. It's needed, it addresses some sectors of the construction trades - who really need some job re-growth - and it puts money back into local economies fairly quickly.

:hi: