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It's Gonna Cost $140 BILLION To Fix SoCal's Roads



 
 
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Old July 10th 06, 03:52 PM posted to ca.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.transport.road
Jason Pawloski
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Default It's Gonna Cost $140 BILLION To Fix SoCal's Roads


Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> Eric Spillman (KTLA) is reporting that roads in SoCal are in need of
> an estimated $140 BILLION in repair and upgrade work. California,
> however, has only budgeted about 1/6th of that amount.
>
> This is why I say we will NEVER be able to build our way out of road
> congestion; the money is simply not there, and it gets farther away
> with each passing day.
>
> The report also mentioned that the 91 freeway is backed up 12 hours
> per day(!!!) How long before the 91 backup becomes a 24/7 phenomenon?


Amazing. What % of the $140 billion are required for the freeways?

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