Having driven over 700 miles along Virginia interstate system this past week, one immediately understands the need for more transportation funding. Overcrowded with semi-tractors (often going 10 mph over or under but not at the speed limit), gapping or poorly patched potholes, road debris scattered all along the route, guardrail damages, limited mowing -- all show obvious signs that the Commonwealth's main arteries are deteriorating and ailing. One soon starts thinking about every bridge being separate from solid ground, noted by jarringly rough road surfaces, and it makes you wonder about their overall condition. Is this safe? Is this smart?
If the state's best roads, our interstates, are in this condition, you know secondary roads are getting even less attention. Community roads? Forget about it.
And now our illustrious state leaders have chosen again to do nothing to address this key economic need, electing rather to bicker and point fingers and cast blame instead of votes while some suggest inanely that privatization is a viable solution. So you can say you didn't raise taxes, because some "corporation" started charging tolls?
Calling the special session a boondoggle before it even began, these officials are good at predicting stalemates, but not at forecasting expenses or revenues or creating viable options to bridge partisan differences for the common good.
Psst, hey you. Yeah, you. I know of a good bridge, in Buchanan, that you can get for a real steal.....are voters really thought to be this gullible?