Biden boasts $27 billion in bridge repair spending
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/15/2022 11:23:18 PM
President Biden on Friday announced that his administration will distribute $27 billion to repair or replace 15,000 bridges across the country. The funds will be doled out as part of the bipartisan infrastructure spending Mr. Biden signed into law in November. He said the funds were the largest investment in our nation’s bridges since the creation of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s. “This is an investment that is going to help connect entire towns and regions to new opportunities,” Mr. Biden said at the White House “With this investment, we’re sending a message to those communities and the people who call them home: You matter.”
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It was just a few years ago that Gay Barry and Joey Fingers wasted an ungodly fortune rebuilding Our Crumbling Infrastructure, but we're back at it again because the dollar needs to be destroyed. Meanwhile, bridges and structures built by ancient Romans are still standing.