The North Carolina Chamber is addressing the cost of continuing to rely on old fashioned thinking when it comes to infrastructure.
“Can infrastructure be built the old-fashioned way? And if new infrastructure isn’t built, do we all pay in some other way?” asks NC State University Economist Dr. Mike Walden. Which is an interesting question considering each car owner incurs about $1,700/year loss in wasted time and money according to the article. Walden notes that current gas tax funding isn’t sufficient to sustain the old way of thinking about infrastructure investment….perhaps it is time for North Carolina to embrace a modern perspective on infrastructure repair using advanced composite materials including carbon fiber and high performance resins?
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