Has anyone read through the new Transportation Bill?

[im10ashus]

I'd love to see the full Bill. There is some SERIOUS pork spending going on.

Here are just a few:

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, brought home lots of bacon — nearly $1 billion. Here are some projects that got funding:

$250 million earmarked for a bridge in Anchorage to be named Don Young's Way.

Another $250 million for a bridge to connect the town of Ketchikan (pop. 14,000) to Gravina Island (pop. 50). Congress also tossed in $3 million to pay for a documentary film about Alaska. The subject is how Alaska is spending money on its highways.

Alaska is far from alone in its pork. Here are some outrageous examples from other states:

$2 million to replace an elevated highway in Manhattan with a tunnel so Donald Trump can put up a new building.

$1.6 million for a waterfront walkway honoring Frank Sinatra in his hometown of Hoboken, N.J.

$100,000 for a traffic light in Canoga Park, Calif.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=994308&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Does anyone have a link to the full Bill?

[FloridaPat]

1. But no money for armour on Humvees.

[im10ashus]

2. LOL!

I believe that would fall under military spending, but I get your drift. :-)

[MindPilot]

3. $100,000 is in the ballpark for a traffic light

In fact it probably costs more than that. I served a couple of terms on my city's neighborhood redevelopment committee, and one of the things that really surprised me was the cost of some of this stuff.

We were working on a parking structure; an above-ground parking garage will cost about $30,000 per space to build. That's assuming you already have the land and can pay the ongoing operational and maintenance costs. If you want to go underground, figure $50,000 to $80,000 per space.

[im10ashus]

4. I would love to see the whole Bill.

I saw on TDS with Jon Stewart they also are spending like 1.9 million or so for the Tobacco Trail in North Carolina. Like Jon said, the Tobacco Trail starts with slaves and ends with lung cancer. We don't need a trail to tell us the history. He could have saved them 1.9 million.

[Mutley]

5. All this and I have to have my shocks replaced

every freaking three months because of the potholes. :eyes:

[acmejack]

6. Here it is, enjoy!

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:47:./temp/~c109AIYhq1::

[im10ashus]

7. THANK YOU!

I appreciate that. :-)

[gatorboy]

8. Is there anyway in the bill

to locate what each politician approved of?

[im10ashus]

9. I'm not sure.

I practically need a map to get through it as it is. I saw that it was overwhelmingly approved in both the House and Senate and that John McCain was one of the few to speak out against the pork spending.