Issue Position: Infrastructure

Issue Position

After decades of neglect New Jersey's answer to structurally deficient bridges and roadways has been orange traffic cones and reduced weight limits on bridges. This neglect is costing us millions in lost productivity, time wasted in traffic, vehicle repairs and traffic fatalities. Moreover when the trades who maintain our infrastructure are forced onto unemployment we compound our self-inflicted economic harm and depress our economy.

During the Brennan Administration, structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges shall be repaired or replaced in earnest. Our recently increased gas tax shall not be diverted to the general fund nor will that tax go toward funding outrageous corporate tax cuts.

The various "authorities" (Port Authority, Highway Authority, Delaware Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Turnpike Authority, Sports and Exposition Authority, etc.) shall not be co-opted for political purposes and will be held accountable by a governor concerned with public service rather than higher office. In addition all new infrastructure will incorporate a renewable energy component, bridges will harness hydro power from the rivers they cross, covered roadways will incorporate solar panels, high points on infrastructure will generate wind energy and deep borings will include geothermic capacity. Synergistic opportunities will no longer be squandered.

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