Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

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It’s unsustainable. Your expectation for maintenance will not be met.

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Expanding it is unsustainable. Maintaining major roads is not.

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That is premised on the notion that the expansion that has happened until the present is sustainable.

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It is moreso premised on the notion that highways and concrete passes/bridges have been recieving far insufficient maintenance for many years at a time.

I am not saying “replace every old road” I am just saying “keep important roads usable.”

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