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More funds needed to repair, replace bridges in Mississippi.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 20-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The collapse of the Minneapolis bridge is a tragedy that has had impacts far beyond Minnesota. Across the country, and Mississippi is no exception, the bridge failure has put a spotlight on an aging highway infrastructure that has too few resources to repair and replace bridges vital to the economy.

This kind of thing could happen anywhere, says Dave Barton, executive director. Mississippi Road Builders Association. Barton says both on a state and national level, not enough is being devoted to infrastructure.

"Our maintenance has fallen terribly behind," says Barton, a former highway conlractor. "Mississippi has a very good bridge department, and I trust they are inspecting on a regular basis. But not enough is being devoted to the infrastructure. The interstate system is over 50 years old, and is not designed to carry the traffic that we are currently having. We hope this will be a wake up call to the legislators and leadership in all the states to...

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