It is cheaper to develop air transport to remote, geologically unstable areas, than to build and maintain roads.

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Additionally, a number of states were chatting up the idea as expenses to maintain roads increased and federal funds declined.

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Everyone, left and right, understands that the government has a responsibility to maintain the roads it operates.

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There is nothing freely chosen about the way our taxes are used to construct and maintain miles of roads and the rest of the car's hideous infrastructure.

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And finally, this jobs bill will maintain crucial investments in our roads and our bridges as we head into the spring and summer months, when construction jobs are picking up.

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He called for a measure that puts a requirement on highways authorities to develop and maintain a network of paths as they do roads.

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The question is: how does he do it, given the minimal funds available just to maintain 2, 200 schools, 2, 000 miles of roads and 124 medical facilities?

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