We need to ease the burden on troubled bridges and roads
When the Minnesota bridge crossing the Mississippi River collapsed during an evening rush hour, it caught the Nations attention. Considering there are over 600,000 bridges in the US, it should serve as a real wakeup call. Unfortunately there currently are not sufficient funds to perform all the necessary maintenance and repairs to prevent this from happening again.
This bridge disaster is a prime example of our crumbling infrastructure. Recent studies found one quarter of the nation’s bridges have been classified as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Building new bridges is extremely expensive and the National Highway Trust Fund is severely under funded at present.
Weakening bridges and deteriorating roads could all benefit from reduced traffic through Pay4Rides. It has been over a year since this tragedy, but have you seen any real action to adress this serious issue?
