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Truckers Say * USA - DOT's Proposal Would Sell America's Highways
Coming soon along a highway near you, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Transportation, signs that read “For Sale”
Grain Valley,Mo,USA -Land Line Magazine/Layover -30 July 2008: -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) responded to an announcement by Transportation Secretary Mary Peters where she asks for reform of funding highway and transit systems that would place a priority on public private partnerships and tolling. The Association contends the proposal has no real meaning this late in the game and does not address the real problems and challenges that need to be focused on... “The Administration is on its way out and is simply hanging a ‘For Sale’ sign on our highways as a last ditch effort to reward their friends on Wall Street,” said Todd Spencer, OOIDA Executive Vice President...
* AASHTO estimates bridges need $140 billion – minimum
North Philadelphia,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -July 30, 2008: -- State transportation officials from around the country say it will take $140 billion to repair and modernize 590,000 bridges that are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete... Members of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials spoke to reporters Tuesday, July 29, in North Philadelphia to announce the release of their latest report on modernizing the nation’s bridges... The report cites FHWA data about bridge age, traffic congestion and construction costs to come up with the overall repair estimate... Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said no matter how much money a state, federal or local government pays for bridges and infrastructure, it never seems enough... Rendell is currently seeking a long-term funding mechanism in his home state to fund roads, bridges and mass transit. Two options he has supported include tolls on Interstate 80 and the long-term leasing of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to private investors... The lease proposal stalled in the state’s House Transportation Committee when the General Assembly recessed earlier this month...
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