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nraacct Champion Author North Carolina Posts:6,981 Points:1,485,525 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 5:04:46 PM Ignore nraacct Report Abuse If you think there’s too much road construction now, just wait. The state of Florida plans to increase transportation spending by 11 percent in an effort to boost jobs, build more roads, and get the state’s ports ready for the expansion of the Panama Canal. For motorists, that means navigating through more orange cones and thicker clouds of construction dust throughout the state.Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/19/3242966/more-state-spending-on-roads-ports.html#storylink=cpy Visit The Miami Herald for full article

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If you think there’s too much road construction now, just wait.

The state of Florida plans to increase transportation spending by 11 percent in an effort to boost jobs, build more roads, and get the state’s ports ready for the expansion of the Panama Canal. For motorists, that means navigating through more orange cones and thicker clouds of construction dust throughout the state.Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/19/3242966/more-state-spending-on-roads-ports.html#storylink=cpy
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PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,214 Points:1,476,025 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:45:32 AM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse Road and bridge repairs are long overdue.
ExplorerWA Champion Author Washington Posts:4,240 Points:824,950 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 9:59:38 PM Ignore ExplorerWA Report Abuse Good, it will be a benefit to the state.
drobbbb Champion Author Maryland Posts:3,595 Points:837,985 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 9:53:11 PM Ignore drobbbb Report Abuse still not enough
YumaFellow Champion Author Arizona Posts:1,431 Points:650,295 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 8:37:10 PM Ignore YumaFellow Report Abuse Infrastructure is expensive, and the best way to care for it is regular maintenance. So good for Florida in biting the bullet and doing what it takes.
jl1rp Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:1,978 Points:386,040 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 6:53:18 PM Ignore jl1rp Report Abuse More states need to do the same.
Discovery02 Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:2,825 Points:338,365 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 6:21:37 PM Ignore Discovery02 Report Abuse Repair the infrastructure because the infrastructure needs repairing, not just to create jobs.
doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:2,988 Points:769,060 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 6:11:04 PM Ignore doggod Report Abuse Typical communist thinking ... that government spending "boosts jobs". Yeah, it puts some people to work, but the money it sucks out of the productive economy destroys far more. And now we learn this is all to piggyback onto Panama's mistake of expanding the canal. Sorry, Panama, but the Arctic Ocean is about to become a major shipping lane, and the major Europe-Asian shipping will no longer be taking the long trip around through your canal. If private investors owned the canal they would have surely picked up on that sort of major item because they'd be on the hook for the money, but politicians don't care because it's all other people's money. Whee!
thizben All-Star Author Phoenix Posts:684 Points:305,670 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 5:50:09 PM Ignore thizben Report Abuse greatly needed!!
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,351 Points:2,399,070 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 5:25:09 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse good for them
Zuegma Champion Author Nova Scotia Posts:1,128 Points:285,605 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 5:24:57 PM Ignore Zuegma Report Abuse Roads for sure are needed till 2040 and beyond. The transportation medium to be used beyond that timeframe has yet to even be postulated.
scottriedel Sophomore Author Tennessee Posts:202 Points:380,330 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 5:18:37 PM Ignore scottriedel Report Abuse We need jobs...
mastermariner Champion Author Texas Posts:4,844 Points:521,425 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 5:11:36 PM Ignore mastermariner Report Abuse Do what you have to do,