From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:
…The commonwealth was tied for 12th place in terms of the highest percentage — 17 percent — of major rural roads in poor condition in 2008…
While the country roads here are bad, they can’t compare to the bridges, according to “Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland” by TRIP, a transportation research group.
With 4,105 rural bridges — or 28 percent — rated structurally deficient in 2010, Pennsylvania was at the top of the heap, TRIP said…
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EDITOR: Able body workers sit at home drawing unemployment and equipment stands idle while our roads deteriorate and bridges become unsafe. How does this lead to prosperity and a balanced budget? Because we do nothing in the way of fiscal stimulus, the recession lingers on and on with no end or even improvement in sight.
