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[quote user="V.Payne"] In most states the surfacing improvement refereed to above was due to the 2009 ARRA (Stimulus-summer of recovery-green shoots-shovel ready projects). Asphalt was a big recipient of those funds, and it will be gone in 8-9 years from the project time (~2018). The I-635 project is to add through toll lanes only even though it received a direct grant from the trust fund and uses low interest loans. The managed tolls are going to be quite high (starting at $0.09/mile to a $0.75/mile cap for now) and they suppose they can charge that as they predict the "free" lanes will degenerate into gridlock at all hours. Texas has a November 14 ballot measure to partially fill the hole in their HTF. I could start a new thread to discuss this further if there is interest. [/quote] The only purpose of my response was to counter the argument made by others that America is not maintaining its infrastructure or that only the new stuff gets any attention. This is a forum to discuss railway activities; I don't think it is a forum to discuss highways.   People frequently make a comment about this or that without any data to support it.  As the Vice President has noted, they are entitled to their opinion, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
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