Monday, August 06, 2007
Our Crumbling Infrastructure
The recent catastrophe in Minneapolis reminded me of a recent NPR Talk of the Nation - Science Friday episode where the sad state of our nation's infrastructure was discussed.
The host, Ira Flatow, interviewed Lawrence Roth, Executive Deputy Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The two spoke of ASCE's "Infrastructure Report Card 2005."
In a nutshell, our critical infrastructure has been ignored and is now starting to show it's age.
The overall grade was: D
I guess investing in infrastructure isn't sexy enough. Too bad .... infrastructure projects produce well paying, skilled labor jobs that can't be outsourced. I mean really ... Have you ever seen bridge building outsourced to China?
Oh I'm sorry, I forgot, we spent all of our infrastructure money rebuilding the infrastructure we bombed out of existence in Iraq.
Well at least someone is getting new bridges.
#posted by Rob Roschewsk @ 8:48 PM
Comments:
Took the words right out of my mouth!
