That seems to be the message of Sen. Marty Williams, R-Newport News. He has an op-ed in today’s Daily Press built around statistics like these:
Driving on roads in need of repair costs Virginia motorists $1.2 billion a year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs – $248 per motorist.
Twenty-six percent of Virginia’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally
obsolete.There are 74 state-determined deficient dams in Virginia.
Virginia has 126 high-hazard dams whose failure would cause a loss of life and
significant property damage.Sixty percent of Virginia’s schools have at least one inadequate building feature.
Fifty-eight percent of Virginia’s schools have at least one unsatisfactory environmental condition.
I wonder who has an estimate on what fixing all those current and potential infrastructure problems will cost.
