Sentences with phrase «maintained roads and bridges»

Still, the standards of egalitarianism are such that every citizen is given full health coverage, quality compulsory education, and safe, regularly maintained roads and bridges.

Today, CEOs need tax breaks, which the system has delivered instead of well - maintained roads and bridges.

The resolution creates the 14 - member board (11 voting and 3 non-voting members) that will be tasked with reviewing the current state of the county's infrastructure and make recommendations for how the county can best repair and maintain roads and bridges.

Eight years ago, he helped write a bill that would have removed the I - 190 from New York Thruway Authority's control and put it under the state Department of Transportation, which does not collect tolls, but maintains the road and bridges.

Not exact matches

Governments need to boost spending by about $ 37 billion a year to sufficiently maintain and expand roads and bridges, according to the FHWA.

Every gas tax dollar goes to building and maintaining state, and municipal roads and bridges.

By simply making the City's tolling system fairer — reducing tolls that are too high and adding and restoring tolls where traffic is worst and transit options are plentiful — we can generate the revenue we need to maintain, modernize, and expand our aging transit system and improve our road and bridge network, creating 30,000 + new, local, annually recurring jobs in the process.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today says two water main breaks in Rotterdam and a sewer break in Amsterdam underscore the continued urgent need for a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground, and save tax dollars.

«Just as important, with the $ 438 million allocated for the above ground CHIPS program, S.W.A.P. will protect the viability of the roads and bridges that will be maintained by that source of funding as we don't want to throw good money after bad.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I - Corning) are joining with several local Capital Region officials in seeking a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground and save tax dollars.

Though the proposal has echos of the «Buffalo Billion» — a program that targeted private - sector job growth through specific state investment — this program Miner backs is aimed at upgrading Syracuse's roads, bridges and sewer systems which are increasingly costly to maintain on the local level.

Upstate elected officials, as well as construction - oriented organizations, have in recent months pushed state officials to back a boost in upstate infrastructure spending aimed at repairing and maintaining aging roads, bridges and sewer systems.

We all know we have a lot of roads and bridges, but what we don't know is how we are going to maintain them and ensure they are safe well into the future.

We not only need to do a better job repairing the most immediate concerns, but we also need a formal long - term plan for maintaining and repairing the roads and bridges as economically as possible.

The move would raise nearly $ 1.5 billion in additional revenue annually to help the financially strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority meet the growing mass transit needs of this city while keeping fares reasonable, and maintaining and upgrading a vast and aging transportation infrastructure, including roads and bridges.

If we properly invest funds we can maintain and repair our roads and bridges,» said Legislator Lorigo.

As residents of Ulster County, we rely on county government to maintain critical county infrastructure, such as roads and bridges as well as protect public health and safety.

Counties own and maintain 46 percent of the nation's public roads, 38 percent of its bridges and more than a third of its public airports.

For those living in the rural communities outside of Montreal, «road» doesn't always mean asphalt, and frozen rivers double as seasonal, state - maintained ice bridges.

This money normally goes to the Highway Trust Fund to fill potholes, maintain roads and fix bridges, but McCain wants to fix another kind of hole.

State, county, and local government agencies have a responsibility to maintain roads, bridges, and tunnels.

Many municipal and state governments have had to make tough choices in recent years as they've had more needs than money, but when roads and highways are improperly maintained, the results can be catastrophic — whether it's a large pothole causing a crash or a highway bridge collapsing because the concrete needed repair.

With a continuous population growth and a need to constantly rebuild infrastructure and ensure good maintenance of bridges, road, levees, dams etc, civil engineers will always be in demand and the occupation will maintain a position in the top 10 jobs of the future.

Civil Engineers are in charge for building and maintaining various structures, such as airports, railways, roads, bridges, dams, and power plants.

Transportation Toolkit: Governments at all levels partner to plan, establish, fund, and maintain efficient transportation systems that include roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and rail systems.