Alaska nets more than $200 million in federal T bill funds for bridge to nowhere
Above is just one artist's concept of Alaska's future bridge that will connect the 8,000-resident village of Ketchikan with Gravina Island, population 50. The state is getting nearly $1 billion from the latest federal transportation bill to fund several new spans and other projects; this bridge will be the larges
As the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transport
ation engage a consultant in the process of cutting more than a third off the $1.6 billion cost of a new Mississippi River bridge, Alaska is ramping up to build a span larger than the Golden Gate Bridge to connect two sparsely populated islands.
Is the recently enacted federal transportation bill a milestone achievement that will ensure the continued growth of the nation's infrastructure and economy? Or is it merely the latest super-sized example of Congressional pork-barrel politics?
For the most part, the answer lies somewhere in the middle
Above is just one artist's concept of Alaska's future bridge that will connect the 8,000-resident village of Ketchikan with Gravina Island, population 50. The state is getting nearly $1 billion from the latest federal transportation bill to fund several new spans and other projects; this bridge will be the larges
As the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transport
ation engage a consultant in the process of cutting more than a third off the $1.6 billion cost of a new Mississippi River bridge, Alaska is ramping up to build a span larger than the Golden Gate Bridge to connect two sparsely populated islands.
Is the recently enacted federal transportation bill a milestone achievement that will ensure the continued growth of the nation's infrastructure and economy? Or is it merely the latest super-sized example of Congressional pork-barrel politics?
For the most part, the answer lies somewhere in the middle
