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March 9, 2017 5:42 PM
Filed Under: American Society of Civil Engineers’ National Report Card, Meg Baker, New Jersey Infrastructure
FAIR LAWN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — There is still a huge funding gap for infrastructure nationally and locally – and commuters in New Jersey have a share of complaints in particular.
As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, many agree that the Garden State’s roads, bridges and transit system are in bad shape.
“It’s been long overdue that we need some repairs. The roads are just horrible,” said John Glita of Fair Lawn.
That is why many people were not surprised to hear that New Jersey gets a D-plus for infrastructure. The nearly failing grade is based on the 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers’ National Report Card.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/03/09/new-jersey-infrastructure-report/
But I thought we had the state & local highest taxes in the nation and spend 3X more than any other state per mile of state road? Where is the money going?
Well we (as in NJ taxpayers) pretty much pay for every other state’s infrastructure (Especially red state low tax paradises). NJ is the biggest donor state in the nation and that is NOT an alternative fact. Its not BoE or whatever in our 500+ plus municipalities, its the freedom caucus’s red state butt buddies doing it. If you doubt it there is a ton of info in the public domain.