Issue Position: Rebuilding our Roads & Bridges

Issue Position

For too long, our highways, roads, and bridges had been neglected, while the investments needed to maintain the vast expanse of highways, bridges, and roads continued to grow. Aric has supported legislation that invests over $1 billion of additional funding for our roads by ensuring our gasoline taxes go towards fixing our broken roads and limit the growth of welfare programs to invest more into fixing our roads.

Our roads need to be built better and last longer, which will lead to lower costs in the long-term. As a start, Aric successfully supported legislation for stronger warranties by road builders and improved competitive bidding procedures for local governments.

More work needs to be done to streamline the Department of Transportation to make sure more money goes into fixing our roads and bridges. Demanding longer lasting roads and changing the way road contracts are negotiated can save up to 20-30 percent.

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