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N.J. pays highest cost per mile for some of the country’s worst state roads, study finds
By Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on September 18, 2014 at 7:00 AM, updated September 18, 2014 at 6:05 PM
New Jersey spends by far the most money per mile on its state roads, even though they rank near the bottom in terms of their overall condition, according to a study released Wednesday.
The study by the California-based Reason Foundation concluded that New Jersey spends $2 million per mile to maintain and operate its state roads.
In terms of the cost-effectiveness of the state’s highway system, that is, the overall condtion of its roads as measured against the cost of maintaining and operating them, New Jersey ranked 48th in the nation, behind Hawaii and Alaska, according to the Reason’s 21st Annual Highway Report.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/study_ranks_new_jersey_roads_high_in_cost_low_in_performans.html
Thanks for posting it.
Its due to UNIONS milking the taxpayers.
If you read the article the unions are only part of the problem.
The unions are THE problem.
I’m sure there are lots of hard working immigrant landscaper types who would do these brainless laborer jobs for about 20% of what the unions get.
I though they freed the slaves #3
Republicans did this is a Democrat state lol
it’s why Christie stopped the Manhattan tunnel… this work in NJ costs 2-3x the national average and once the federal funds ran out for the tunnel, NJ taxpayers would have been on the hook for all cost over runs. When the mob and their union buddies run the show, this is what state residents get.