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Have you lived in a big city long enough to remember when radio traffic
reports were given only on the half-hour, only during commute hours . . .
generally
with nothing to report? Now, they come every ten minutes, 24 hours a day . .
. and there is ALWAYS something to report.
Have you driven on Interstate Highways long enough to note their
deterioration over the years? Wonder why? According to Steve Heminger, deputy
director
with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, "No one is out there trying
to
match population growth with highway capacity--we couldn't afford it even if
we wanted to."
Can't afford population growth? That's right. Can't afford it for
highway
and bridge construction and maintenance. Can't afford it for school
construction and maintenance. Can't afford it for sewage and waste water
treatment
plants. Can't afford it for energy production and distribution. Can't
afford
it for airport facilities. Can't afford it for hospital and clinic
construction. Can't afford to maintain state and national parks to meet the
needs of an
increasing number of vistors. Can't afford it; can't afford it; can't
afford
it!
Cities, counties, states, and Congress can't afford to build
needed new infrastructure or to properly maintain existing infrastructure.
Yet Congress can't find the will to do what needs to be done
to stabilize U.S. population until we catch up with needed construction
and maintenance of infrastructure.
If you know of an organization which is primarily concerned with a
deteriorating infrastructure caused by rampant population growth, please click
on
"Contact Us" and tell us about yourself and about that organization.
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