CBS: America's highways approaching Third World status...posted July 9

I posted this Monday, Jul 09....

America's highways approaching Third World status. "No money for roads"

Can you imagine what just a fraction of the money spent in Iraq could have done for our once-proud highway system? The tens of thousands of jobs renovating our highways and bridges would have created? Instead our infrastructure is crumbling under Chimpolini while our national debt is exploding.



Traffic is up and road repairs are down. There was 40 percent more traffic in 2005 than there was in 1990. At the same time, an estimated 30 percent of America’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition.

Nobody knows that nation’s highways better than Phil Gould. “I’ve been driving trucks professionally for 42 years,” Gould told CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes. But he doesn’t enjoy the open road the way he used to. Road conditions have declined, he said. “They were beautiful, but now they’re, they're for the most part, they’re in need of repair,” Gould said...

All those rough rides are rough on your wallet. It’s estimated that driving on roads in need of repair costs American drivers an average of $333 per year. Or almost $400 for urban motorists.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1288205

It's a failure of government at many levels. Our days as top dog are over.