Comments on: The bridge http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/ Beauty is in the eye of the shareholder Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ugly http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/#comment-32482 Ugly Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:01:11 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/#comment-32482 thanks Arn, I didn't know about the surplus thanks Arn, I didn’t know about the surplus

]]> By: Arn http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/#comment-32402 Arn Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:47:03 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/#comment-32402 Correct me if this I am wrong. BUT, when the tax increase was proposed, didn't Minnesota have a SURPLUS of taxes? That being true there would NO need for an increase of taxes! Look it up, the state had a surplus. Correct me if this I am wrong. BUT, when the tax increase was proposed, didn’t Minnesota have a SURPLUS of taxes? That being true there would NO need for an increase of taxes! Look it up, the state had a surplus.

]]> By: Tom the Burninator http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/#comment-32311 Tom the Burninator Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:43:21 +0000 http://www.uglychart.com/2007/08/04/the-bridge/#comment-32311 Ugly, money is always lacking for maintainence on our nation's infrastructure. The ASCE Infrastructure Report Card gives our nations infrastructure an overall grade of D. Despite that, a failure of this magnitude could be a result of many things, such as poor construction, poor materials, bad engineering, etc. Its too early to tell what caused it and as a Civil Engineer, I'm following this closely Regarding Atlas Shrugged, there's a new movement of project delivery called Private-Public Partnerships which melds the private and public sectors together to build and maintain infrastructure. Since the assets are typically publicly owned, the agency leases or partially sells the asset to a contractor and they then get the right to build, maintain, and operate it. In other words, they get to charge tolls, collect fares, etc. The agency has to publish min standards for the private entity adhere too but in the end you get a privately run asset (light rail, bridge, road, etc) that works every well and is maintained. The downside is that you have to pay to use it. :) Ugly, money is always lacking for maintainence on our nation’s infrastructure. The ASCE Infrastructure Report Card gives our nations infrastructure an overall grade of D.

Despite that, a failure of this magnitude could be a result of many things, such as poor construction, poor materials, bad engineering, etc. Its too early to tell what caused it and as a Civil Engineer, I’m following this closely

Regarding Atlas Shrugged, there’s a new movement of project delivery called Private-Public Partnerships which melds the private and public sectors together to build and maintain infrastructure. Since the assets are typically publicly owned, the agency leases or partially sells the asset to a contractor and they then get the right to build, maintain, and operate it. In other words, they get to charge tolls, collect fares, etc.

The agency has to publish min standards for the private entity adhere too but in the end you get a privately run asset (light rail, bridge, road, etc) that works every well and is maintained. The downside is that you have to pay to use it. :)

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