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Yeah too bad Massachusetts wasted your tax loot, citizens of the Commonwealth(?) and beyond:
"Road caves and tempers rise on I-93; State toils to fix gaps attributed to neglect" by Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff | August 5, 2010
MEDFORD — The surface of Interstate 93 ruptured here yesterday for the second day in a row, creating a gash large enough to swallow a car and snarling traffic for miles while the state performed emergency repairs that officials said will have the road open for this morning’s commute.
Engineers were forced to close three of four northbound lanes, causing tens of thousands of motorists to idle on the traffic-snarled interstate or scramble for alternate routes. Traffic was backed up from Medford to the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, meaning that it took an hour or more to travel a 5-mile stretch that ordinarily takes just a few minutes to drive....
Oh, that must have done wonders for global warming, huh?
Yeah, GOOD THING WE WASTED ALL THAT MONEY on WARS and BANKS!
The vast holes that opened 25 feet apart on consecutive days were not the typical spring potholes bemoaned by New England drivers, but were caused by something far more serious: the decay of concrete and steel attributed to years of postponed maintenance....
Because YOUR GOVERNMENT had to pay off BIG DIG DEBT to LOOTING BANKSTERS!
See: Massachusetts Residents Taken For a Ride
Are you having fun, taxpayers?
At about 7 a.m. yesterday, workers had scarcely finished patching the road surface and reinforcing the bridge from below when the second hole opened a few car lengths north....
Not really funny, but.... we have all been there!
Drivers who got stuck in traffic Tuesday evening were stunned to encounter another horrific jam again yesterday. And those who do not drive the route every day found basic efforts to get around frustrated....
To say the least!
Traffic was so bad that Governor Deval Patrick suggested, tongue slightly in cheek, that some people delay trying to get out of the city....
NOT FUNNY, gov!
Patrick and the Legislature have more than doubled road and bridge spending in the last three years, from $515 million in 2007 to $1.1 billion this year, including state and federal funds, to pick away at the vast backlog of needed repairs, officials said.
Related:
"Legislators also agreed last week to change legal language in the recently passed sales tax hike to assure credit agencies that $100 million earmarked for the Turnpike Authority would go toward paying off Big Dig debt"
Yup, they RAISE TAXES and STILL YOUR ROADS are CRUMBLING!
And now you know why!
The state had contracted only the surface repaving of the Somerville-Medford stretch and had intended to postpone structural work on the bridges.
Yup, NOTHING has CHANGED! None of them must drive that route, 'eh?
But stripping the asphalt exposed the serious need of the 14 bridge decks, seven in each direction, that support I-93 in those two cities, Luisa Paiewonsky, highway administrator for the state Department of Transportation, said.
The deck repairs may cost $50 million or more, Paiewonsky said, and the state now hopes to replace them all in the coming year.
I'd map a new route right now.
For the short term, the temporarily patched concrete will be covered with a thin asphalt layer.
That is GOVERNMENT ALL OVER (except when it comes to making debt interest payments to banks) and the REASON WHY the ROAD is COLLAPSING!
“We don’t want to have a giant investment go to waste, but, in the meantime, we need to hold the bridge together . . . and improve the riding surface until we can replace those decks,’’ said Paiewonsky.
Usually what happens when government is involved.
The traffic jam immediately became an issue in the race for governor....
I don't know why: Massachusetts Democrats Keep Making the Same Mistakes
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Related: Memory Hole: Massachusetts' State Budget
Mass. State Budget: Screwing Cities and Towns
Where do you think they are getting the money for Hollywood, banks, biotech, green tech, and their generous "public servant" plans?
