Ray LaHood Declares U.S. Highways ‘One Big Pothole’
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Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood opened the second day of the ALK Technology Summit in Princeton, N.J., on Wednesday by telling attendees that while the U.S. is "the greatest country in the world [our] transportation and infrastructure is a big mess."
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While the severe winter of 2013-2014 didn’t do much to help the already poor state of the U.S. road infrastructure, LaHood primarily blamed lawmakers who believe they have been “elected to vote against everything,” he said. “There’s not the same level of vision in Congress today.”
He notes that the U.S. Interstate system, which was built during the post-World War II boom years, was among the best in the world and a job creator. “It you build it, it creates jobs,” he said. “When you build roadways, you create an economic engine and that’s what infrastructure is about.”
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