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Biden vows more investments after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

[Aljazeera] The breadth of crumbling infrastructure in the United States is "mind boggling", President Joe Biden said on Friday, as he visited the site of an early-morning bridge collapse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The bridge collapsed just hours before Biden’s scheduled visit to the city to tout his massive infrastructure spending package — an incident that highlighted the urgency of his drive to address the nation’s ageing roads and bridge.

Ten people sustained injuries, all of them minor, when the snow-covered span collapsed into a wooded gully at about 6am (11:00 GMT), according to authorities, who said a large gas leak was reported in the area at the time. The leak was brought under control.

"It sounded like a snowplough," a witness told KDKA, a local news station, calling the timing — on the day of Biden’s visit — "an amazing coincidence".

Visibly moved, Biden gazed across a ravine over the buckled sections of the half-century-old Fern Hollow Bridge, flanked by Pennsylvania and local officials and emergency workers as he surveyed the damage.

"The idea that we have been so far behind on infrastructure, for so many years — it’s just mind boggling," Biden said.

The collapse highlights Biden’s call for massive investment in the nation’s bridges, highways and other infrastructure, which the president sees as a vital step in assuring the economy’s long-term health along with addressing supply chain shortage and revitalising manufacturing.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-29 01:31|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 More investments ... for Brother Jimmy? You mean like the billion dollar investment into his construction shell company as part of his Iraq war profiteering?

Scratch Back Better

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-29 01:41|| 2022-01-29 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 With our crumbling infrastructure I think anyone who has been in charge of GIVERnment spending for the last 40 years should retire/resign immediately.

Posted by Airandee 2022-01-29 05:23|| 2022-01-29 05:23|| Front Page Top

#3 11 cents on the (trillion) dollar for infrastructure. 89% for payoffs to cronies and leftist teat suckers.

Posted by Heriberto Gravilet6068 2022-01-29 05:46|| 2022-01-29 05:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps the collapse was a sign for Joe's crumbling presidency?

Or did puppetmaster Klain direct the destruction to boost spending, so Joe could say, "I told you so"?

Posted by Bobby 2022-01-29 08:22|| 2022-01-29 08:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn’t Obama build back the bridges?

Posted by Xyz 2022-01-29 08:39|| 2022-01-29 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Where's the money from the last investment?

Go to some social justice initiative? Need to fill in some blanks in the Periodic Table of Pronouns?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-29 12:49|| 2022-01-29 12:49|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Snarco Del Dio

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-29 13:58|| 2022-01-29 13:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Where's Klain these days, anyway? Anyone look in the Oval Office (hint: check behind the big desk)?

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-29 14:00|| 2022-01-29 14:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Check under the big desk

Posted by Airandee 2022-01-29 20:48|| 2022-01-29 20:48|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ that's Kneepad Kamala's space

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-29 21:03|| 2022-01-29 21:03|| Front Page Top

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