Pittsburgh bridge's 2016 infrastructure funding reportedly diverted to bike lanes and green energy programs

 American Thinker  

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  The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green energy programs and lanes for self driving cars.

. . ."Virtually every infrastructure bill has been like this. The Americans for Prosperity website has a history of these continuous infrastructure bills, all of which left a lot of decaying infrastructure and a lot of greenie gee-whiz idiocies:

• In 1998, President Clinton and Congress worked together on a $217 billion transportation bill.
• Who can forget President George W. Bush’s 2005 bill that included funding for the infamous Bridge to Nowhere.
• President Obama’s 2009 “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” had an $831 billion price tag.
• The Trump Administration proposed or endorsed several costly infrastructure plans between 2015-2020.
• If President Biden’s recent proposal gives you déjà vu, you’re not alone. His promises sound familiar to us, too.

"We know that in California, legislators and executives enjoy lying about spending for infrastructure investment, too. Remember when they hoodwinked voters into approving a gas tax for infrastructure in 2019? Yep, same story, they didnt bother with infrastructure such as roads and bridges. They set up greenie playthings instead and wasted the cash even as gas prices skyrocketed with all those added state taxes." . . .