John Pignatelli JR. posted:I was under the impression all of the projects needed above was going to be part of the country's infrastructure bill. But they need to take care of that wall thing first.
There seems to be a big disconnect between what were seen as urgent infrastructure needs and bills in congress.
What is urgent is keeping what we already have in good repair. Bridge needs alone are in the billions and breaking bridges kill people.
New projects should come later.
It reminds me of my travels in several developing countries which had received huge world bank loans to buy new cars and locomotive. A large percentage of them were out of services because to loans for buying didn't include spare parts and there was no money for future maintenance. That is what is now happening with our existing transportation network - both rail and road - falling apart while congress debates what new things to build.
