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This is a doozy - the BQE, rather the Brooklyn Queens Expressway is jammed up with construction for 2 years. An elevated highway, one of the first and showing its age. Opposite Manhattan with more traffic than most interstates...
So, they get tear this road apart - then realise that they cannot get the American made steel they need to use by law in order to rebuild it. Duhhh!!! The last foundry making what they need has been shut years ago..
So then all the engineering needs to be re-done so smaller beams and joists (made in the USA) can then be sourced and fitted! Only only about 100 man-years in taxpayer life wasted in traffic and tie-ups during this debacle.
gumint may have a role, but they aint doing a good job!
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