Category Archives: Infrastructure

You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me!

By Bob Bestani | Published: August 2, 2009

Our Congresswoman, Carol Shea Porter proudly reported today that she had secured all of $1.5 million to fund two local New Hampshire projects. One million of this was for streetscape improvements in the Gaslight District in Manchester and $500,000 for infrastructure improvements for the Berwick Bridge in Somersworth.
Great, thank you! In the meantime, the State Department of Transportation has a Red List of 77 bridges most in need of repair. The projected cost, according to DOT, would be $403 million. The DOT estimates that there are resurfacing needs on highways that would cost $58.7 million. A quick calculation shows that this appropriation represents 3/10 of one percent of what New Hampshire needs.

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Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure

By Bob Bestani | Published: June 10, 2009

The American Society of Civil Engineers recently gave America’s infrastructure a grade of D and estimated that the nation needed to spend more than US$1.6trn in the next five years. Our roads, ports, dams, water systems, highways, power plants, airports, schools, etc, are all in desperate need of new investment. Our infrastructure has been badly [...]

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Proposal for a “National Infrastructure Bank”

By Bob Bestani | Published: February 1, 2009

It is a sad reality of life that real change can seldom be effected without two things: there must be a serious crisis and there must be leadership. This universal condition unfortunately seems to apply to all organizations and to the politics of all countries.
A good example of this is here is America, where our [...]

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