You know that bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh?

[LuFins Dad]

Thus, the problem isn’t that Pittsburgh lacks the funding to fix bridges. Rather, the problem is the way the city spends so much of its annual budget on other things and chooses to spend so little of its money maintaining its roads and bridges. The city has known its deficient bridges were a problem but has not prioritized fixing them..

Second, Pittsburgh needs to reprioritize its capital budget and spend more of its money repairing and replacing bridges each year. For example, the city could start to trim spending, like the $163 million dedicated to the finance department, by reducing the number of administrative assistants and other potentially non-essential positions. Pittsburgh spends $6 million on its permit office, which requires and authorizes permits for a variety of things, including pool tables. Perhaps some of that type of taxpayer funding could be better spent on bridge repairs..

https://reason.org/commentary/pittsburgh-bridge-collapse-highlights-how-governments-put-off-infrastructure-repairs-and-maintenance/

1. That bridge wasn’t going to get any funds from the bill…

2. Pittsburgh has had Democratic City Executives since 1936…

3. Pittsburgh has had Democrat led councils going back at least 30 years…

Fuxking Republicans standing in the way of progress…

[George K]

@lufins-dad I posted about the fact that the bridge wasn't scheduled to be repaired, and the repair wasn't even on the "infrastructure" wish list.

Regarding points 2 & 3, something tells me that GOP governance wouldn't have been much better.

[LuFins Dad]

@george-k said in You know that bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh?:

Regarding points 2 & 3, something tells me that GOP governance wouldn't have been much better.

Pittsburgh’s not a broke city. There is plenty of money going through. It’s how the money is spent that’s the problem. I don’t know that different leadership would have prioritized repairing the bridges, but we know these ones didn’t.

[Klaus]

We also have lousy infrastructure and sudden bridge closures here, too, but one thing I don't understand is why the bridge wasn't closed before it collapsed. Even when the bridge isn't maintained, I assume there is some regular routine check whether the bridge is still stable enough. That check should reveal an immanent bridge collapse before it happens, no? It seems to be rather dangerous to wait until the bridge actually collapses.

[LuFins Dad]

@klaus said in You know that bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh?:

We also have lousy infrastructure and sudden bridge closures here, too, but one thing I don't understand is why the bridge wasn't closed before it collapsed. Even when the bridge isn't maintained, I assume there is some regular routine check whether the bridge is still stable enough. That check should reveal an immanent bridge collapse before it happens, no? It seems to be rather dangerous to wait until the bridge actually collapses.

It’s most recent inspection had it at a 4 of 10. I think they shut down the bridge at 2. To their standards, the bridge needed repair but was still safe.

[Copper]

A democrat was governor of Washington in 1940

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