In Budget Crises, States Reluctantly Halt Road Projects

[dbackjon]

LOS ANGELES — With cars whizzing behind him along one of Southern California’s most congested and detested freeways, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Monday that the state was “on a track toward disaster” as it ceases highway, school and bridge construction because of budget and credit woes.

California, which has suspended nearly $4 billion in public works projects, is one of a half dozen states delaying or halting projects because of capsizing budgets, an inability to attract investors to the municipal bonds used to bankroll many projects and a reduction in gasoline tax revenues — which underlie a lot of transportation financing.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has identified 5,000 transportation projects nationwide that lack the dollars to proceed; many of them, like the $730 million project here to add 10 miles of high-occupancy-vehicle lanes to the 405 Freeway — Mr. Schwarzenegger’s backdrop on Monday — have been stopped midstream.

“They just haven’t been able to find the resources,” Tony Dorsey, the spokesman for the association, said of the halted projects.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/us/23 ... &th&emc=th

[travelinman67]

Irrelevant in CA where there's been virtually NO road widening or new highway const. outside of SoCal in decades. The only thing this would impact north of the Grapevine would be discontinuation of all the stamped concrete "architectural concrete" shoulder const. along the off ramps and halting of the Billions being spent on shoulder landscaping and 12" thick soundwalls being installed to INHIBIT future road widening. Unless Awnold and the 40 thieves (CalTrans management) go on a leaky boat cruise soon, CA is toast as an industrial center.

...only a few more years then I'm outta here...

[dbackjon]

Are you saying Ahnuld is worse than Gray?

[travelinman67]

Are you saying Ahnuld is worse than Gray?

NOBODY's worse than Gray...hell, I woulda voted for Barbara Striesand to get him out...

[dbackjon]

Are you saying Ahnuld is worse than Gray?

NOBODY's worse than Gray...hell, I woulda voted for Barbara Striesand to get him out...

So when does the NOCAL sessision movement start up again?