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Tri-Cities' Bridges in Good Condition Overall
Part 3 of Series: On a scale of 1-10, most big bridges in the Tri-Cities rate a 6 or 7—with a range from 5 to 9.
The bridges in Geneva, Batavia and St. Charles all earn passing grades, according to a report by Transportation for America. And that's an important footnote when examining the results of the report. Whenever we analyze data, there's a human tendency as well as a journalistic tendency to focus on what's wrong and what needs to be fixed. In fact, that's part of the purpose of the report: to lay out an argument for government investment in infrastructure, as mentioned in President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address. The Website asks people to sign up and tell Congress to start spending. "America's transportation system is broken. Bridges are crumbling, commute times are longer than ever, and too few people have access to good options…
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Jacob Chally
11:45 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The problem is, in Illinois, IDOT has no money to construct ANYTHING, because the state is broke. They barely can maintain the roads as they are. If any major road project (i.e new high-speed highway) is built, it has to be built by the ISTHA. If you go on the IDOT website, you'll see how many projects are stuck at the Phase I "Preliminary Engineering" stage. Meanwhile, our neighbors to the north… more ›