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Old 02-18-07, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by patc
You think your bridges ar fallling appart? Been to Montreal lately?
No, but it's a problem through all of North America, Pat. We built a whole lot of bridges from the New Deal era through the '70s, at times when raw materials for new construction and maintenance/repair were relatively cheap. That's no longer the case. It's possible that we now have more than we can collectively afford to maintain. I cannot speak for Canada, but we in the US have chosen to elect people who would rather see the lion's share of revenue go to concerns outside of the domestic realm. I don't wish to drag up a bunch of political stuff, but if that is what we choose to do, then I don't believe we have the money to maintain all of the bridges and roads we have built in this country. Certainly, there is no easy answer.
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