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Could some of our nations landmarks be built today?
The Statue of Liberty?
The Arch?
Mt. Rushmore?
I was watching a special on the history channel the other day about the Pacific Coast Hwy, and it got me thinking, they prob couldnt build that these days!
They could, but oh lordy the red tape, costs, pork barrel politics and political correctedness would turn'em into quamires!
Too bad we don't have something like the Civilian Conservation Corps nowadays.They were instrumental in building the Blue Ridge Parkway , one of my favorites. Sure could put a lot of folks to work if there was a program like that.
NYC should replace the WTC area with a big white flag.
Seriously, they have about 5 floors complete 8+ years later. It should be taking this long. I'm sure they have done a lot of foundation work, but it really is sad. I think the real issue is that the owner is concerned that the building will sit empty with the economy being in the dumps. Why rush to build something when you might not have enough tenants to pay the bills?
People barely want to spend money to keep things stable, let alone new building. Just look at the bridge over Columbia river between Oregon and Washington. It's going to be a decade to get even started as every group wants a say in it, and if they don't get what they want they withdraw their support. Then you have the green nuts that want no building, so instead of a bridge that has public transit options (Max/Bus), bike lanes, walking areas and that's wider we still have the same bridge where every night people get stuck in idle for at least an hour to go 5 miles. Then you have the legislators fighting all of it because it costs money, and they spent what is left so they need outside help.
No one wants to spend money on anything that will benefit anyone outside themselves any more, time horizons have shrunk so much for people considering the cost over the benefits.
Crazy Horse Memorial, down the road from Mount Rushmore, makes Rushmore look like a sand castle. Of course, they can build things like that today.
Having said that, I hasten to add that the entire US Interstate Highway system was built on raw land at a rate of 3 miles a day, nearly all of at least twice. But it took workers a year and a half to resurface a mile of Laurent Street, in Victoria, Texas, which was just reopened. One block of Red River Street has been closed now for six months.
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