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About that bridge to nowhere

hypocritexposer

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I guess you could say that putting the railing around it might save a lawsuit. But $150 grand is quite a bit for that railing and 1.9 jobs for a couple of days. :roll:

According to Recovery.gov, the government website that tracks spending through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the town of Hillsborough, NH. received $150,045 in stimulus funding to repair the bridge.

A project description on the ARRA website explains that the project was intended to preserve and resurface the bridge to “better accommodate pedestrians and bicycles.” The website also claims that the project created 1.90 jobs, including laborers and equipment operators. Given that the bridge does not connect to any existing roads, some have begun to question the span’s usefulness to bicyclists and pedestrians, and whether federal tax dollars could have gone to better use.

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http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=$150,000+in+stimulus+money+used+to+preserve+%27bridge+to+nowhere%27&articleId=08d5bbce-8367-48ba-82d2-6e64056af544
 
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