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Why are Oklahoma's roads so crappy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2588193" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Report: States Neglect Road Repairs </p><p></p><p>The report makes no mention of the 2009 economic stimulus package, officially called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which funneled tens of billions in one-time funds to states for transportation infrastructure...<strong>(so do we know where that money went?) </strong></p><p></p><p>According to this study Oklahoma from 2009 through 2011 spent $500mil.(64%) of funding on road expansion/new roads and $279mil(36%) on road repairs.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-report-states-neglect-road-repairs.html" target="_blank">http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-report-states-neglect-road-repairs.html</a></p><p></p><p>The 10 most corrupt states in the U.S.</p><p></p><p>The researchers also found that for 9 out of the 10 of the most corrupt states, overall state spending was higher than in less corrupt states...</p><p></p><p>According to the report, “states with higher levels of corruption are likely to favor construction... </p><p></p><p>The paper explains that construction spending, especially on big infrastructure projects, is particularly susceptible to corruption because the quality of large, nonstandard projects are difficult for the public to gauge, while the industry is dominated by a few monopolistic firms.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/most-corrupt-states-in-america/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cresponsive%7Cdl11%7Csec1_lnk1_pLid%3D486796" target="_blank">http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/most-corrupt-states-in-america/?icid=maing-grid7|responsive|dl11|sec1_lnk1_pLid=486796</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2588193, member: 1294"] Report: States Neglect Road Repairs The report makes no mention of the 2009 economic stimulus package, officially called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which funneled tens of billions in one-time funds to states for transportation infrastructure...[B](so do we know where that money went?) [/B] According to this study Oklahoma from 2009 through 2011 spent $500mil.(64%) of funding on road expansion/new roads and $279mil(36%) on road repairs. [url]http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-report-states-neglect-road-repairs.html[/url] The 10 most corrupt states in the U.S. The researchers also found that for 9 out of the 10 of the most corrupt states, overall state spending was higher than in less corrupt states... According to the report, “states with higher levels of corruption are likely to favor construction... The paper explains that construction spending, especially on big infrastructure projects, is particularly susceptible to corruption because the quality of large, nonstandard projects are difficult for the public to gauge, while the industry is dominated by a few monopolistic firms. [url]http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/most-corrupt-states-in-america/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cresponsive%7Cdl11%7Csec1_lnk1_pLid%3D486796[/url] [/QUOTE]
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