America's roads are awful!!
I'm seriously thinking about giving up RVing due to our Nation's lousy roads. Tired of being bounced around for miles on end. I'm beat after traveling 200 miles in 4 1/2 hours on terrible roads. Prima...
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RGar974417 wrote:Ductape wrote:
Compared to what other nations?
How many would be willing to pay higher fuel taxes?
My state,Pa,already has the highest gas taxes in the country. One major problem is PennDOT and prevailing wage laws. PennDOT's rules make the cost of building/repairing highways and bridges much more than they need to be. And prevailing wages add about 25% in costs.
Add that to funding the pension funds, which are out of control and not sustainable. No politician in his right mind is about to push legislation for reform as its a guaranteed election loser. The whole system works as designed and both the prevailing wage and pension provisions are the main purpose of the unions existence. PA government /PENNDOT has always been corrupt, and always will be. Interestingly the PA Turnpike Commission is even worse and makes Penndot look like a convent full of nuns.
