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>> THE SAME THING COULD BE SAID
ABOUT ANOTHER VITAL PART
OF AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE,
AMERICA'S POWER GRID
IS ALSO TEETERING ON THE BRINK.
>> WE'RE LIVING IN WHAT WE THINK
IS A NICE SUBURB
AND WE CAN'T EVEN COUNT
ON THE POWER WORKING.
>> YOU THINK,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
>> ON AUGUST 14, 2003,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IN THE NORTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES GOT A GLIMPSE
OF WHAT LIFE WOULD BE LIKE
IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT POWERS AMERICA FAILED.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE GRIDLOCK
ON ALL THE DOWNTOWN STREETS--
>> THERE'S LIMITED
COMMUNICATIONS HERE
IN THE TRI-STATE AREA.
>> IN 12 SECONDS,
THE SHORT CIRCUIT
OF A SINGLE POWER LINE
IN OHIO CASCADED INTO A BLACKOUT
THAT PULLED THE PLUG
ON 55 MILLION PEOPLE
FOR UP TO TWO DAYS.
>> IF NEW YORK CITY IS NOT
COMPLETELY PARALYZED TONIGHT,
THE GOING
COULDN'T BE MUCH SLOWER.
>> JUST LIKE THAT,
NEARLY EVERYTHING THAT MAKES
MODERN LIFE POSSIBLE--
>> ALL RIGHT,
WE'RE OUT OF COFFEE RIGHT NOW.
>> --INCLUDING OTHER PIECES
OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SHUT DOWN.
>> WHEN THE ELECTRICITY
GOES OUT,
THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS
IN THE CITY STOP.
THE PUMPING OF WATER STOPS.
THE PUMPING OR TREATMENT
OF SEWAGE STOPS.
>> WITHOUT THE GRID,
YOU'RE BACK TO THE 1890s.
THE LONGER THAT BLACKOUT LASTS,
THE FARTHER BACK IN HISTORY
YOU'RE SHOVED.
>> HOW COULD SUCH A BIG PART
OF THE COUNTRY
POWER DOWN SO FAST.
AUGUST 14th WAS A SWELTERING DAY
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST
AND DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
WAS HIGH.
POWER LINES DROOP
WHEN THEY MAX OUT
AND A LINE IN RURAL OHIO
SAGGED INTO A TREE
THAT A LOCAL UTILITY
HAD FAILED TO TRIM.
THE LINE SHORTED AND SHUT DOWN,
THROWING ITS LOAD
ONTO OTHER LINES,
WHICH ALSO SHORTED, TRIGGERING
A CASCADE OF OUTAGES THAT PUT
A LARGE PORTION OF SIX STATES
AND ONTARIO, CANADA IN THE DARK.
NORMALLY, GRID OPERATORS
CAN SEND BLOCKED ELECTRICITY
ON ALTERNATE ROUTES,
BUT A SOFTWARE BUG
PREVENTED THEM FROM RESPONDING
QUICKLY ENOUGH
TO STOP THE CASCADE.
THE BLACKOUT OF 2003
WAS ANOTHER MOMENT OF TRUTH
ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
IN AMERICA.
LIKE OUR LEVEES, BRIDGES
AND WATERLINES,
THE GRID IS AGING
AND OVERWHELMED.
>> AND WE HAVE PRIMITIVE
SWITCHING SYSTEMS.
WE HAVE TRANSMISSION LINES
THAT ARE OVERLOADED.
SO A LITTLE THING GOES WRONG
AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
TO RESPOND.
>> POWER COMPANY EXECUTIVES
ARE LITERALLY
HOLDING THEIR BREATH,
CROSSING THEIR FINGERS,
HOPING THAT THINGS
WILL HOLD TOGETHER
WHEN SOMETHING AS FORESEEABLE
AS IT GETS HOT
IN THE SUMMERTIME HAPPENS.
NOW THIS IS AS IF WE ARE LIKE
IN A BATTLE ZONE,
LIKE IN BAGHDAD WHERE,
INSTEAD OF HAVING ADVERSARIES
BLOW UP PARTS OF THE GRID,
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING IT
TO FALL APART.
>> THE POWER GRID
IS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
INFRASTRUCTURE ACHIEVEMENTS.
SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THE 20th CENTURY,
THE U.S. CREATED
10,000 POWER PLANTS,
PUT UP A 160,000 MILES
WORTH OF HIGH VOLTAGE
POWER LINES,
AND STUDDED THE COUNTRY
WITH CONTROL STATIONS
AND TRANSFORMERS.
BASIC AS THEY ARE, UTILITY POLES
ARE CRITICAL TO THE GRID.
MOST OF THE
ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-MILLION
UTILITY POLES
IN THE U.S. ARE MADE
OF SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE,
WHICH IS KNOWN
FOR ITS STRAIGHTNESS AND LENGTH.
THE POLES ARE COATED
WITH A PRESERVATIVE
TO WARD OFF INSECTS,
FUNGI AND ROT.
COLD CLIMATE POLES LIKE THESE
IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO
HAVE TO WORK EXTRA HARD
IN ORDER TO HANDLE WIND
AND WEIGHT LOADS
FROM ICE AND SNOW THAT CAN CAUSE
A POLE TO LEAN
TO ONE SIDE OVER TIME.
AS POLES TILT, POWER LINES SAG
AND AS THE BLACKOUT
OF 2003 DEMONSTRATED,
A LINE THAT BRUSHES
AGAINST THE TREE CAN SHORT OUT
AND TRIGGER A CASCADE
OF OUTAGES.
MAJOR OUTAGES
OF 100 MEGAWATTS OR MORE,
ENOUGH TO POWER 75,000 HOMES,
HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED
IN THE U.S.
SINCE THE EARLY 1990s.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES
214 MINUTES OF BLACKOUT TIME
EACH YEAR
COMPARED TO 70 IN BRITAIN
AND SIX IN JAPAN.
THOSE NUMBERS
ARE LIKELY TO GET WORSE.
DEMAND FOR POWER HAS SPIKED 15%
IN THE LAST DECADE.
BUT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LINES
HAS LAGGED BEHIND.
>> IF THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
GOES UP 20%
OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS
AS WE EXPECT,
BUT THE SUPER HIGHWAY
CARRYING THE ELECTRICITY
ONLY GOES UP 6 OR 7% PERCENT,
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
A PROBLEM.
>> IN ADDITION
TO REGIONAL BLACKOUTS,
A STRESSED-OUT POWER GRID
CAN CREATE LOCAL NIGHTMARES.
CONSIDER DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS,
AN AFFLUENT SUBURB OF CHICAGO
WITH A POPULATION OF 18,000.
SINCE 2000, DEERFIELD HAS HAD
NEARLY 1,400 BLACK-OUTS,
AN AVERAGE OF 200 A YEAR.
MANY HAVE LASTED A FEW HOURS,
SOME A FEW DAYS.
>> IT'S NOT RAINING,
IT'S NOT LIGHTNING, NO ISSUES,
NO WIND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE POWER WILL GO OUT,
AND ALL YOU SEE
ARE PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS
WITH FLASHLIGHTS AND CANDLES
IN THE WINDOWS.
YOU THINK, WHAT, YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
>> I FELT LIKE WE WERE,
YOU KNOW, BEING THRUST BACK
INTO THE 1920s
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WHEN YOU COULDN'T TAKE
YOUR ELECTRICITY FOR GRANTED.
AND WHEN WE WOULD
TELL OTHER PEOPLE THIS,
NOBODY COULD BELIEVE
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY
THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING HERE
AND THAT WE COULDN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
>> JUST 13%
OF DEERFIELD'S OUTAGES
WERE RELATED TO WEATHER.
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS
FROM COM-ED,
THE UTILITY SERVICING DEERFIELD
REVEAL A CATALOGUE
OF INFRASTRUCTURE BREAOWNS,
INCLUDING UNDERGROUND FAILURE,
MALFUNCTION, LOOSE CONNECTION,
DETERIORATION
AND TRANSFORMER FAILURE.
DEERFIELD OFFICIALS SAY,
BLACKOUTS HAVE DECREASED
THIS YEAR,
BUT ARE STILL FREQUENT
AND HUGELY DISRUPTIVE.
>> THIS IS NOT A COM-ED ISSUE.
THIS IS NOT A CHICAGO
OR ILLINOIS ISSUE.
THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH
TO INVEST IN IT, TO IMPROVE IT.
>> IMPROVING THE GRID
STARTS WITH BETTER MAINTENANCE,
REPLACING AGING LINES
AND ADDING NEW ONES
TO MEET RISING DEMAND.
WITH THINGS NOW APPROACHING
A TIPPING POINT,
THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO SPEND
$1.5 TRILLION BY 2030
TO REPAIR AND EXPAND THE GRID.
MUCH OF THAT MONEY SHOULD GO
TOWARDS CREATING
A SELF-ADJUSTING SMART GRID
THAT CAN DETECT BLACKOUTS
BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.
>> RIGHT NOW,
IF THERE IS A BLACKOUT,
THE POWER COMPANIES
DOESN'T KNOW UNTIL--
TILL THEY START
GETTING PHONE CALLS
THAT THE POWER WENT OUT AND YET
>> MORE EFFICIENT,
SMART APPLIANCES WILL ALSO PLAY
A BIG ROLE IN SHORING UP
THE RELIABILITY
OF AMERICAN POWER.
>> IMAGINE IF YOUR REFRIGERATOR
TALKED TO THE POWER COMPANY.
IT'S A HOT AFTERNOON.
EVERYONE'S GOT
THEIR AIR-CONDITIONER ON.
THEY ARE ABOUT TO HAVE
A BLACKOUT.
THEY SEND A LITTLE MESSAGE
TO YOUR REFRIGERATOR THAT SAYS,
"PLEASE SHUT OFF YOUR COMPRESSOR
"FOR THE NEXT
"COUPLE OF MINUTES BECAUSE
"WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE BLACKOUT."
MOST OF US WOULD HAPPILY
LET OUR HOUSE TURN OFF
A FEW UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES
WHEN POWER DEMAND IS HIGH,
BUT WE DON'T REMEMBER
TO GO AROUND
AND DO IT OURSELVES.
>> ELECTRIC CARS
WILL ALSO PROVIDE A BOOST.
VEHICLE-TO-GRID TECHNOLOGY
IS A TWO-WAY STREET
THAT WILL ALLOW CARS
TO CHARGE THEIR BATTERIES
BY PLUGGING INTO THE GRID.
CARS WITH
FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES
MEANWHILE, CAN PLUG IN AND SEND
ELECTRICITY BACK TO THE GRID
IN TIMES OF PEAK DEMAND.
SOLAR PANELS, WIND TURBINES
AND OTHER MICRO GENERATORS
IN HOMES AND BUILDINGS WILL ALSO
BE ABLE TO HELP THE GRID OUT.
>> THEN YOU NOT ONLY HAVE
THE ABILITY TO REDUCE DEMAND
IN CRISIS POINTS,
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE
THESE OTHER SOURCES
FEEDING POWER BACK
INTO THE GRID.
>> THE FUTURE OF THE GRID
SHOULD BE BRIGHT.
EVEN IF OUR DEPENDENCY ON POWER
CONTINUES TO SOAR.
BUT ONLY IF WE GIVE THE GRID
THE MAKEOVER IT NEEDS.
>> IF WE DON'T ADDRESS
OUR GRID NEEDS,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE
AND LARGER POWER BLACKOUTS,
OR IF NOT BLACKOUTS,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BROWNOUTS,
WHICH MEAN THAT
YOU MAY NOT HAVE
POWER ON WEDNESDAYS.
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS
IN THE THIRD WORLD.
THE ELECTRIC GRID
IS REALLY THE LIFEBLOOD
OF THE NATION'S ECONOMY
AND WE NEED TO INVEST IN IT
AND IMPROVE IT AS SOON
AS WE POSSIBLY CAN
BECAUSE WITHOUT POWER,
WE WOULD BE IN
FOR A WORLD OF HURT.
>> IF GLOBAL WARMING
AND CLIMATE CHANGE PRODUCE
THE KIND OF EXTREME WEATHER
THAT MOST EXPERTS PREDICT,
THE POWER GRID
AND MUCH OF THE REST
OF AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
WILL BE PUT
UNDER UNPRECEDENTED STRESS.
>> A 100-YEAR-EVENT IN 2000
WOULD LOOK LIKE A 10-YEAR-EVENT
IN 2050.
THE REALITY IS,
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LIVING
IN BORROWED TIME.
>> ACCORDING TO
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF CIVIL ENGINEERS,
IT WILL TAKE
2.2 TRILLION DOLLARS
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
TO RAISE
AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
GRADE POINT AVERAGE
FROM A "D" TO A "B."
IF THE UNITED STATES
DOESN'T PUT UP THE MONEY,
THE PROBLEMS ARE ONLY GOING
TO GET WORSE
AND MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
TWO WORDS THAT SCARE
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNERS
THE MOST-- GLOBAL WARMING.
>> UNPREDICTABILITY OF
THE WEATHER IS GOING TO PUSH
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
OVER THE EDGE.
WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE
IS GOING TO BE LIKE
WHAT'*** THE STOCK MARKET.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT WORSE.
>> YOU COULD THINK
OF THE GLOBAL WARMING PROBLEM
REALLY AS A THREAT MULTIPLIER.
THE SITUATION ADMITTEDLY,
IS BAD ENOUGH
WITHOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS
THAT WHAT TODAY IS
A 1 IN A 100 YEAR STORM,
LIKE KATRINA, COULD BECOME
A 1 IN A 50 YEARS STORM
OR ONCE IN A DECADE STORM.
ALL OF OUR EXISTING LEVEES,
DAMS, BRIDGES, SEWERS
AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE
ON COASTLINES AND AREAS
HIT HARDEST BY CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL HAVE TO BE FORTIFIED
TO HANDLE
THE PREDICTED FREQUENCY
AND SEVERITY OF EXTREME WEATHER.
AND WHATEVER NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
WE BUILD,
WILL HAVE TO BE MUCH TOUGHER
THAN BEFORE, WITH DESIGNS
THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
EXTREME HEAT, COLD, RAIN
AND RISING COASTAL WATERS.
VERY SOON, WE WILL HAVE SYSTEMS
THAT ARE TOTALLY INADEQUATE
OF DEALING WITH THE THREATS
THAT COME
FROM RISING SEA LEVELS,
HIGHER TEMPERATURES,
MORE SEVERE DOWNPOURS,
MORE FREQUENT
AND SEVERE DROUGHTS.
>> PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL LEAD
TO SOME DISMAL SCENARIOS.
MORE RAIN AND SNOW
WILL BATTER COASTAL ROADS
AND BRIDGES.
HIGHER OCEAN LEVELS
WILL PUSH SALT WATER
INTO DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS.
EXTREME RAIN WILL DUMP
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF STORM WATER
INTO SEWERS, THAT TODAY
CAN BARELY HANDLE A DRIZZLE
WITHOUT OVERFLOWS.
POORLY MAINTAINED
AND RARELY INSPECTED DAMS
AND LEVEES WILL GIVE WAY
LIKE THEY DID DURING KATRINA.
EXTREME HEAT, MEANWHILE,
WILL TAX THE POWER GRID
AS NEVER BEFORE, SPIKING DEMAND
AND LITERALLY MELTING
CONTROL BOXES AND POWER LINES.
EXTREME COLD WILL TRIGGER
MAJOR BLACKOUTS.
>> TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE,
EXPERTS SAY THE U.S. WILL HAVE
TO CREATE NEW KINDS
OF INFRASTRUCTURE
LIKE SEAWALLS THAT PROTECT
CRITICAL COASTAL AREAS.
THEY ALSO PREDICT THAT AMERICA
WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO STOP
DEVELOPING AGGRESSIVELY
ALONG COASTLINES.
AND IT'S NOT TOO FAR-FETCHED
TO IMAGINE A FUTURE IN WHICH
SOME WATERFRONT CITIES AND TOWNS
WILL HAVE TO BE ABANDONED.
>> IT'S ALREADY A REALITY
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WAY
IN WHICH WE RELY ON THE COAST,
IS CHANGING.
THE ENVIRONMENT
IN 30, 40, 50 YEARS WILL BE SUCH
THAT MANY OF THESE STRETCHES
WILL HAVE TO BE SET ASIDE
AS NATURAL BARRIERS
TO PROTECT FURTHER INLAND AREAS.
>> AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
MELTDOWN MAY SEEM OVERWHELMING,
BUT NEW SMART TECHNOLOGIES
COULD HELP US BEGIN
TO FIND OUR WAY OUT.
LESS THAN A YEAR
AFTER THE I-35 BRIDGE COLLAPSED
IN MINNEAPOLIS,
A 234 MILLION DOLLAR NEW BRIDGE
TOOK ITS PLACE.
>> THEY BROUGHT IN SENSORS
THAT CAN MEASURE DETERIORATION
AND KEEP TRACK
ON HOW THE BRIDGE IS DOING.
THEY HAVE GOT REBAR
THAT IS RESISTANT TO CORROSION.
THEY PUT IN LED LIGHTING,
WHICH IS INCREDIBLY
ENERGY EFFICIENT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MODEL
FOR HOW BRIDGES SHOULD BE
CONSTRUCTED IN THE FUTURE.
>> HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE
AND OTHER HYBRID MATERIALS GIVE
THE NEW I-35 BRIDGE, RENAMED
SAINT ANTHONY FALLS BRIDGE,
A DESIGN LIFE
OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS,
50% LONGER
THAN CONVENTIONAL BRIDGES.
>> EVERY 50 YEARS,
YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE
ALL OF THE ROADS AND BRIDGES.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM LONGER
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE
BETTER USE OF OUR MONEY
TO GET MORE VALUE
OUT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> ONE FUTURISTIC FEATURE
OF SAINT ANTHONY'S CAN BE FOUND
IN THE WAVY SCULPTURES
AT EITHER END OF THE BRIDGE.
THEY ARE MADE OF A SPECIAL MIX
OF CONCRETE
THAT INCLUDES TITANIUM DIOXIDE,
A SUBSTANCE THAT TRIGGERS
A CHEMICAL PROCESS IN SUNLIGHT
THAT ABSORBS POLLUTION
IN THE AIR AROUND IT.
THESE SELF-CLEANING MONUMENTS
WILL STAND SPOTLESSLY
FOR DECADES TO COME.
BENEATH THE CONCRETE SKIN
OF THE MAIN SPAN,
SAINT ANTHONY'S HAS
MORE THAN 400 SENSORS.
SOME BELONG
TO AN ANTI-ICING SYSTEM
THAT SPRAYS CHEMICALS
ON THE ROADWAY
TO KEEP IT FROM FREEZING
AND ELIMINATE THE NEED
FOR CORROSIVE SALT.
ACCELEROMETERS MEASURE
AND MONITOR THE VIBRATIONS
OF THE BRIDGE TO MAKE SURE
IT'S RESPONDING PROPERLY
TO TRAFFIC-- ANOTHER SYSTEM
KEEPS TRACK OF CORROSION CREEP.
>> BY DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF,
WE CAN BUILD BRIDGES THAT WILL
TELL US WHEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM
AND THEN THAT WAY,
WE CAN REALLY SPEND OUR MONEY
ON FIXING
THE MOST SEVERE PROBLEMS FIRST,
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIX
EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> BEYOND BRIDGES,
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
COULD REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY
WE MONITOR EVERYTHING
FROM PIPES AND ROADS TO DAMS
AND LEVEES.
GPS UNITS LIKE THOSE
DEPLOYED IN VOLCANOES
ARE ALREADY FINDING THEIR WAY
INTO EARTHEN STRUCTURES
TO MEASURE SAG, BULGE
AND OTHER SIGNS OF TROUBLE.
NEW CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
MEANWHILE, ARE BEING DEVELOPED
THAT CAN BE ADDED
TO CONCRETE AND THAT DISRUPT
THE CHEMICAL PROCESS
THAT CORRODES REBAR.
GOING GREEN IS ANOTHER APPROACH
TO THE CRISIS,
ESPECIALLY FOR CITIES
WITH WASTEWATER OVERFLOWS.
ST. LOUIS AND OTHER BIG CITIES
ARE PUTTING GREEN SPACES BACK
INTO THE URBAN LANDSCAPE,
GARDENS ON ROOFTOPS
THAT CAN ABSORB RAIN
AND EASE THE BURDEN
IN COMBINED SEWAGE STORM WATER
SYSTEMS THAT MIX RAIN AND WASTE.
AND PERMEABLE ASPHALT
ON PARKING LOTS AND EVEN ROADS
THAT LET RAIN SINK
INTO THE WATERSHED.
BUT EXPERTS SAY IT'LL TAKE
MORE THAN A FEW
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO TURN
THE TIDE ON AMERICA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY.
ABOVE ALL, IT WILL TAKE
MASSIVE INFUSIONS OF MONEY
AND THE WILL TO SPEND IT
ON MAINTENANCE, REPLACEMENT
AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN FAST,
THEN AMERICA'S ERA
OF INFRASTRUCTURE DECLINE,
COMPLETE WITH CHRONIC BREAKDOWNS
AND ESCALATING DANGERS
MAY HAVE JUST BEGUN.
>> IF YOU START TAKING AWAY
ONE BRICK FROM THE FOUNDATION
AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PUZZLE,
THE OTHER PIECES
START TO FALL OUT AS WELL.
HEY, YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY
WE'RE LIVING ON THE EDGE
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME PLACES,
WE WILL CERTAINLY
GETTING TO THAT POINT.
>> THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
IN THIS COUNTRY
IS WE IGNORED THE SYSTEM
FOR SO LONG.
NO ELECTED OFFICIAL WANTS
TO SPEND ONE MILLION DOLLARS
TO FIX A CRACK
IN A SEWER PIPE,
WHICH IS BURIED
UNDER THE GROUND.
THE TIME IS NOW TO ACT.
>> LET'S GIVE THIS COUNTRY
A MAKEOVER DOWN TO ITS BONES.
AND WITH IT, WE'LL IMPROVE
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE,
WE'LL IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
AND WE'LL BE
MORE ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT
TO THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW
IN BOTH THE SHORT RUN
AND THE LONG RUN.
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