Reply #34: Engler privatized the DOT road construction jobs

[noonwitch]

Lowest bidder means you get what you pay for.

When Blanchard (and all governors before him, repub or dem) was governor, the DOT had road crews and unionized employees. They also bought better materials to do the work.

Privatization always looks cost effective on paper, but it isn't in reality. If you have to redo everything the cheap guys do, it doubles the expense.

How long have they been building the 1-96 connector south of Grand Rapids? I heard that a little over a year ago, they had to take down and rebuild the ramps on the Hudsonville side of it because they had used such a poor grade of cement that there was fear of collapse once it opened to traffic.