Maybe Governor Daugaard should recruit some bridge engineers from Minnesota. Governing compiles Federal Highway Administration bridge inspection data for 2012 and finds that South Dakota ties with Rhode Island for the fourth-highest percentage of structurally deficient bridges in the nation,…
Posts tagged as “infrastructure”
Democracy is afoot in Madison again! Last week, the Madison City Commission approved adding a dollar for every foot of property facing city roadways to local property taxes. Commissioners say the new tax will raise $386,000 per year to fix…
The State Department has Koch-connected oil industry analysts justify its "big deal" shrug at the Keystone XL pipeline. President Obama will likely approve this big favor to Canada, just he approved the southern leg of the project from Cushing, Oklahoma,…
Senate Bill 155 challenges my political sensibilities. SB 155 would establish a "local government road improvement grant fund" to rebuild local roads and bridges. As you bump along to work this morning, you'll likely agree our state needs to invest…
On my way in to the city commission this afternoon, I took some pictures of signs around town. First, what greets dusty visitors coming to Madison from the west on Highway 34? Ah, air conditioning. That's seals the deal for…
My neighbors anticipate that the "community" thrift store steering committee will come to make the hard pitch for the community's money next week, asking the Madison City Commission for $150,000 Monday night, then asking the Lake County Commission for another…
I've circulated the HB 1234 referendum petition here on the west side of Lake Herman a couple evenings this week. Three times, I've had little kids look out the door toward the driveway and wonder where my car was. When…
Mike Knutson at Reimagine Rural notes that Rebecca Ryan is keynoting the SD Governors Office for Economic Development Annual Conference. (Hey, she can't do worse than Kristi Noem at the NDGOP convention.) Ryan appears well tuned to the idea that…