Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera has verbally declared a disaster emergency after the U.S. Highway 50 bridge over the Blue Mesa Reservoir was closed last week.
Well now, Republican Tax Cuts "fix all problems", so despite road maintenance and other public infrastructure being among the first line items reduced, we should just believe.
@@user-fe1jh1yf4c "Biden's build back better" was DEFEATED in the US Senate. You should probably learn stuff before you comment. All 50 Republicans and 2 just Democrats (versus 48 Yes Votes from the remaining Democrats) unfortunately defeated the Bill. Republicans were able to bribe the bisexual Democrat (who had to switch to Independent but actually is a quitter because she knows that she will lose re-election) AND Joe Manchin. Now Manchin is so corrupt that he's a Republican but in a State where it's hard for Republicans to win because Voters there have broadband - something EVERYONE would have if Republicans had not defeated BBB - and now, you know "WHY" Republicans didn't want it to pass. Middle of the USA has to rely on the owners of their media and all of it is conservative. I know, I've been there. Broadband would give Voters there a choice. But we all know how much Republicans hate choices, don't we.
@@captiannemo1587 And now that Biden finally got an infrastructure bill passed thru Congress, people are griping about spending. And it’ll be a fight to keep the progress going. We The People are not very bright. 🇺🇸
You do realize the degradation of America is BY DESIGN. Instead of being over in Iraq fighting the crims, ya shoulda been in DC fighting the worse crims.
People refuse to accept that the US does not have the trillions of dollars necessary to systematically repair or replace all their bridges in the country. Those trillions were all given to a tiny handful of individuals and entities over the last 40 years.
Think of all the non productive people attached to each and every job. Lots and lots and lots of lawyers-consultants-watchers. Used to be paper pushers now it is emailings.
@@Ry_Guy yeah but the current panic is very much associated with that incident, I think it's been a while since an actual old bridge fell in the US. The overpass in FL and that road bridge were new if I remember.
Apparently quite a lot of bridges were already catagorised as potentially at risk of collapse. I'm sure there was a website where people could check which bridges in their area were dangerous. Unfortunately everyone just seems to be hoping that everything's going to be okay.
@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei Thanks US Government and US Media and US school system in general. This has been a long time developing, and all the parties involved have been responsible. Perhaps the media and government-controlled school system are the most to blame. The GOP are just the current whipping boys.
There are bridges everywhere in America that have damage to them and could collapse. There are dozens that have already gone down and only get local attention unless they are on a major highway or someone gets spectacular video and puts it online to go viral.
"Disaster emergency" is an actual term that enables funding for stuff like this. You can't just go around asking for money everywhere, things have to be formalized and declared.
@@woozy607 Not. New high strength product of USS steel in early 1960's meets up with new method of connecting (welding thick plates) meets up with design practice where a single failure might or probably would cause collapse (non-redundant). A combination probably used to allow affordable construction of the longish span necissated by the canyon it is over (built before the resivoir was). Also currently and for a long time foriegn steel is not used in projects built with and US government funds. The bridge design and construction industry does not have 20-20 forsight, but attempts 20-20 hindsight as best possible.
@@markmcklin6848the steel used for that bridge was used by other states that also raised concerns. The found a cheap way out. Now they are paying for it, or better yet, we are paying for it.
Now do a story on the emergency repairs needed on the potholes in Denver. Boutta call OSHA for no shoring, that’s how deep these potholes in denver are.
I'm just wondering why every station needs two newsreaders for every 20 second lead-in. Is it some sort of rule? Is it that difficult? Should there be two weather readers too?
I think it helps them ramp up the drama in what would otherwise be a simple factual statement. Unfortunately most people now have such a short attention span that they need the extra stimulation just to hold their focus for the duration of even a short story. It’s sad that people have allowed themselves to deteriorate to this level.
Man, imagine... if we weren't sending billions to other countries we could actually address our failing infrastructure and aid cities and states suffering disasters.
Imagine if we didn't lower taxes on the 1% who now holds more wealth than 65 million families *combined* . Plus you are missing two points. 1) A lot of the "money we send to other countries" is really spent here (in red states mostly) and then the resulting goods are sent to those countries. 2) A lot of that money serves U.S. interests. For example, the money spent in Ukraine (mostly spent in the U.S. creating jobs) is some of the most effective defense spending since world war 2.
You do realize corporations don’t pay taxes, when govt taxes them they go up on the price of their goods , and then guess who gets to pay that (corporate tax)
My family is from western Colorado, back generations. The number of times I’ve driven over this bridge…what a miracle it hasn’t collapsed yet. They’ve done a lot of highway roadwork on 50 for many years, especially west of the reservoir in the canyons, but not on the bridges that I recall. What a shame our tax dollars have gone to politicians’ personal projects for so many years, instead of infrastructure that has been screaming for repairs for years. Politicians will now say they need to increase gas, property, etc… tax to fix our bridges. They’ll just increase pork in the bills for infrastructure projects and leave very little of it for what actually needs done. No accountability…pass the buck.
Anyone here ACTUALLY drive through Colorado during a snowstorm pulling a trailer? Better yet! Anyone ever drive through Colorado and avoid all snowstorms? Another one for all of you driving through Colorado, ever drive through and not see any catastrophic accidents? Didn't think so! I hate driving through Colorado especially driving miles and miles with their token 18" tall barriers that only exist where nobody has already driven off the bridge! Don't bother fixing them Colorado! Stick 1 cone there! That'll do, that'll do!
fluctuations in the reservoir levels would make the bridge impractical. plus new approaches' would need to be built to allow the road grade to drop down to water level. currently the grade is considerably above the lake.
They deserve a new bridge just for doing there job on keeping everyone safe!!! Great work inspectors!! Hope a bridge agreement happens soon to help them out
All concrete structures in the US including dams and bridges have a 50 year life span when complete, that's it. Most are older than any one wants to know
This road has not been fully open for years and now it looks like it won't be open for many more years, ridiculous. Would be nice if the state could reduce vehicle registration costs since they aren't holding up their end of the deal.
That bridge was always a smidge sketchy to me. Compared to many more modern bridges, it is rather narrow with very little in terms of shoulders or side barriers. This just sealed my suspicions and opinion on it's cheap design.
I don’t think I want to continue to pay taxes to see them go to foreign countries for war. I want nice infrastructure in my country, and security at the border. But I guess the American people don’t deserve much other than political distrust and police brutally for minor offenses. Something is terribly wrong.
Your taxes don’t pay for anything. They are erased. You don’t know how modern monetary theory works. Vote for the team most likely to help when there’s an emergency.
All the taxes from all the weed sales, you think these idiots could build better roads now. They never fixed i25. Just widened out and put in a toll lane and it doesn't even help traffic at all. D.o.T. is a big fat waste of money and most of the senior staff in just about every state should be charged with mismanagement of money and deliberately dragging out road projects.
Most likely, they undercut american steel with inferior grade steel and put american steel out of business. "steel is steel" except when you take shortcuts in the manufacturing and dont make it properly. You can make a cake without sugar as well.
If we took half of what is spent yearly on defence(which is more than the next 25 countries combined, 20 or so are allies) and throw it into infrastructure/education, we could be good again, and up to date, in less than 10 years. right now we are on the same downward spiral we see in north korea, in that defence comes at the cost of caring for their people...
This is a massive disruption to the local economy. It's ridiculous that we only have a few ways through the mountains and if something happens to the road close enough for you to use then you're going 7 hours out of your way to get to you destination.
It goes through 12 states, and DC too. Sacramento to Ocean City, MD. Functionally an interstate highway, but not technically part of the Interstate Highway System.
😂😂😂 Romans didn’t have anywhere close to the weight that today’s roads have to endure. Just 1 semi truck fully loaded is 40tons . 1 car depending on size 1 - 5 tons . With the 5 tons being a dully pickup.
@@F150customs Romans didn’t build roads or bridges for semis. They built them for pedestrian or carts pulled by draft animals. Their bridges and roads are still around. We built our bridges and roads for semis, they don’t last 50 years.
@@dsg325 the high demands of the roads it would be impossible for them to last 50yrs. But as i say this and you say this, there are plenty of bridges in the USA that are way older than 50yrs. Soooo, there is that.
@F150customs in Europe same vehicles are driving on some of the old Roman roads. Still no excuse. We have the technology and resources. The government does this crap on purpose.
Lousy grade steel, probably all made from recycled material will not have the strength of fresh steel made 'green' - without adulterated additions. Where is US Steel when you need them or it? Probably gotten from overseas steel mills in China. They claim recycled is "just as good" or "better" ... yet this makes me wonder. ...
Modern concrete bridge building can’t be that good or long lasting either. Why add expansion joints but as soon as they begin separating they weld thick steel plates over them. So,, what gives when the bridge expands and contracts? The actual concrete is terribly affected. But what do I know?
