Plans for rebuilding the infrastructure of the U.S. are being widely discussed. The government has put emphasis on rebuilding and repairing bridges within the U.S. in an effort to stabilize the country’s productivity in the long run. This construction has also been promoted as a job creation effort. Starting work on different bridges would create jobs for a great number of unemployed construction workers.
U.S. government has discussed rebuilding bridges, specifically the Brent Spence
Bridge which spans the Ohio River. Engineers found cracks in the heavily-trafficked bridge that serves as one of the busiest trucking routes in North America. Officials have closed off this bridge, forcing traffic onto smaller bridges in the area, in an effort to start
repairing the Brent Spence Bridge. The safety of drivers who frequent the bridge is said to be in jeopardy if it is not repaired; who knows when something could collapse. While the safety of drivers is no doubt important, this project has created traffic jams and delays for the thousands of people that travel across the bridge every day. However, it is argued that this construction is inevitable.
What are your thoughts on the plans for the infrastructure of America?
Read some more about the topic of infrastructure and the bridge in Kentucky:
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/22/140717209/obama-stresses-need-for-infrastructure-improvements
http://www.kentucky.com/2011/09/18/1886857/crumbling-ohio-river-bridges-highlight.html
