$1.5t infrastructure plan to be announced today

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(02-12-2018, 05:04 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: This is why it’s public/private partnerships. Plus let’s allow he state governments figure out how much government they can handle every year. Might have to make some cuts to get some of these projects done.

Mike pence may have a different take on private/public, which hasn’t always worked as people hoped. As to states making cuts, some can. Not all though. There’s not always someplace left to cut, like Kentucky where there’s too many sacred cows (mostly in the form of breaks).

So you end up with joint problems, like years ago when some logistic companies would reroute around Indiana because the road were so horrible, sending truck drivers along 57 in Illinois. That impacted businesses along the Indiana- Kentucky route because Indiana opted not to maintain roads.

(02-12-2018, 05:05 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Nothing wrong with toll roads. Use them everyday. They are actually well maintained and the traffic on them is efficient.

I’m good with toll roads. I prefer tolls to increasing taxes, at least that way the actual user pays instead of everyone.