Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Why We Can't Have Nice Things - Michigan Roads Edition

Michigan roads are renowned as being rather lousy. So much so that there is a marked difference as you cross the state line with Ohio, even as there's never-ending road work in Toledo.

So why can't we have nice roads like Toledo?

One of the reasons is our rather inflated road construction cost.

The Detroit Free Press: Conner Street to get $4M in roadwork ahead of FCA Mack plant opening

That 4 million dollars will resurface all of 2 miles of road.

Yep, it's now $2 million per mile to fix a road. Hardly a bargain.

But hey! At least it'll have bike lanes right for those two miles beside a automotive factory, which is clearly something that every cyclist will want to cycle on by.

3 comments:

Old NFO said...

Unions too...

drjim said...

My original hometown in Illinois has the same problems.

Aaron said...

Old NFO: Yep, and don't forget the costs of the environmental impact study for resurfacing a road that's already there. Sigh.

drjim: Yep we're not quite as corrupt as Illinois, but the Dems here are doing their best to catch up.