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2005/3/9-10 [Politics/Domestic, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:36596 Activity:moderate
3/9     American civil engineers give our infrastructure a D+, say we need
        1.6 trillion in repairs.  I say BRING ON MORE TAX CUTS!!!!!!11!
        http://csua.org/u/bb7 (yahoo news)
        \_ Even better idea, stop fighting wars we don't need to fight.
           That would give us about half the money needed to repair
           roads.
           \_ Are you crazy?  We're going to NK next, and we're getting
              there by invading Iran, Russia, and China!
              \_ Don't forget Syria.
        \_ Isn't infrastructure mostly a state issue?
           \_ This depends on the scale of the project. The ASCE report card
              targets mid-scale and larger project so the direct fed
              role is large right off the bat. The indirect effect is that as
              the fed gov't backs off of funding joint projects, states have
              less to spend on the smaller stuff (roads and bridges and such)
              that are 100% their responsibility. The real problem with the
              report card is its inherent bias, IMHO. It would be good to hear
              the story from another source. If nothing else it would lend the
              findings more credibility. -- ulysses
              \_ John! How is infrastructure in that Eurofag country of yours?
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Infrastructure Report Card (ASCE) The group's first report since 2001 looked at 15 categories of public inf rastructure, assigning each a letter grade. Overall, the nation's infras tructure received a D, down from a D+ four years ago. "If we treated our own homes like we treat our infrastructure, we'd all l ive in shacks," said ASCE president William Henry. "I don't know of a single tax cut that's replaced a bridge. When that bri dge fails killing people, nobody's going to care whether those people we re Republicans or Democrats," he said. The report was compiled by 24 top engineers who analyzed publis hed material and surveyed 2,000 engineers in the field. The report said that since 2001, the conditions of the country's roads, d rinking water system, public transit, wastewater disposal, hazardous was te disposal, navigable waterways and energy system had worsened. The nation's drinking water system alone needed a public investment of $1 1 billion a year to replace facilities, comply with regulations and meet future needs. But federal funding reached less than 10 percent of this amount. As a result, aging wastewater systems were discharging billions of gallons of untreated sewage into surface waters each year, the report said. Poor roads cost US motorists $54 billion a year in repairs and operatin g costs while Americans spent 35 billion hours a year stuck in traffic jams. The country's power transmission system also needed to be modernized, the report said. While demand continued to rise, transmission capacity fail ed to keep pace and actually fell by 2 percent in 2001. But since 1998, the number of unsafe dams in the country rose by 33 perce nt to more than 3,500. Republication or r edistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the pri or written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any error s or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon .