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Point/Counterpoint: Our Infrastructure Needs To Be Vastly Improved Vs. Oh Great, More Freaking Road Work

May 3, 2023 by Kyle Duggan Leave a Comment

Pro-Infrastructure


Modern infrastructure is a marvel of engineering that allows our world to transport goods and people further and faster than at any point in history, and yet it is still improving. The idea that our society will ever stop needing to build or change our transportation networks is a misconception. We need to improve our current infrastructure through investment and a well-supported construction workforce.

As our needs change and new technology develops, every new infrastructure project will always be a complicated and deliberate plan attempting to hit a moving target. Largely, these projects are successful, but it is inevitable that some developments will cause a measure of inconvenience during their execution.

Problems with labor or disruptions in the fragile supply chain can stretch timeframes. Regions like New England that experience harsh winter weather also have to contend with several months where working on roads, bridges, and tunnels is simply impossible. Weather and local conditions also cause significant wear on even cutting-edge materials, requiring further travel disruptions in order to maintain and repair existing structures.

Road closings might make travel more frustrating in the short run, but the overall result is safer roads that allow a greater volume of traffic to flow. Better infrastructure will ultimately enable you to get to your destination more quickly, while simultaneously ensuring that the goods you need are never far from you

Anti-Infrastructure


Oh, for f#%k’s sake, they’re still working on the 37 on-ramp from 95. It’s been over a year, and I barely see anybody out there working on it. These people are literally paid to do nothing. You’re telling me that just because it’s a little chilly, I gotta sit in traffic every day on my way home from work?

I bet as soon as they finish this, there’ll be some other bullshit construction project that pops up somewhere else on my commute. Don’t give me that maintenance shit, either. My wife and I went to Italy and the tour guide said they’re still using roads that the ancient Romans built. I can’t see any reason their engineering methods wouldn’t work in 21st-century New England.

Admit it, it’s all just a scam. The governor’s cousin owns a paving contractor or something. That’s what this is all about: trying to cheat the working man out of his hard-earned money. It’s like how I gotta keep paying for schools, even though I graduated a long time ago. You know someone’s making money off that.

If they were really trying to help, why don’t they do something about the damn potholes? I nearly blew out my tire the other day just driving down my street. I bet they make the roads suck on purpose, so they can get a separate contract to fill the potholes. You gotta follow the money with this stuff. If these politicians were honest, there would only be two roads: one from my house to my job, and another back the other way.

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