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Originally Posted by cmac2012
What worries me is the way we take these things for granted, as though it's a capital asset that we no longer need concern ourselves with. The underground infrastructure in NYC is now covered with massive investments that will make it far more difficult to update than it was to build originally.
And as many commentators have pointed out, it's a lot more sexy for Congress to bring home a new $$ bridge project than to allocate funds to repair or retrofit old ones.
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It would be a lot better if the federal government had nothing to do with building and repairing structures within states. Other than interstate rules and regulations: Ie, how to build, inspect, and maintain structures that have an interstate impact.
Thus in my perfect world, it is up to Minnesota to raise the money to build, inspect and maintain the bridge, but following federal interstate standards. It should be the NTSB's job to determine how and why the bridge failed. It should be up to the taxpayers of Minnesota to pay for clearing debris and rebuilding the structure to interstate standards.
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