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.
Tag Archives: infrastructure
You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me!
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Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure
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 [...]
Bailing Out the Stimulus Plan
As far as experts go, economists are an argumentative bunch that seldom agree on most things. But one thing they do agree upon is that infrastructure spending has the biggest bang for the buck. Infrastructure spending will provide real “nutrition” to the economy, not the “sugar high” of most of the goodies in the House bill.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
BOB WILL BE AT THESE MEETINGS
February 22 - Charlie Sherman Show, WGIR Interview AM 930 and AM 610
February 23 - The Mount Washington Valley Republican Comm. and the Federated Republican Woman’s Group, Red Fox Grill, Rt.16 Jackson
February 27 - Paul Ryan HIP - St. Anselm College, 100 St. Anselm Dr., Manchester 8:00 AM
March 5 - Strafford [...]