There was an announcement recently about Alabama getting a $7 billion, 300-mile toll road, port, and rail system reaching from Orange Beach, AL to Loretto, TN. It will run across west Alabama near where I live. Oh, Jeeze!
All the politicians, elected officials, and wannabes denied any knowledge of it and said they hadn't been informed about it. Some told the press they didn't understand how a virtually unknown company could manage to secure the land and permits and them not know anything about it. They expressed doubt that anyone could build a road that didn't involve taking any taxpayer money or government funding. They threw out the names of 3 different companies but neither of them was correct. The 300 miles is just the first half of the toll road; the last half reaches to Chicago, and the politicians don't even know it. You may be able to get yourself a new bridge if you ask for it. lol
This was reported on May 1, 2000, in Engineering News-Record (ENR) and it said the governor of Alabama had signed the measure into law. You can read the one-page report taken from ENR archives some time back. Click on the information that shows up on this page that is provided by another website; it keeps up with infrastructure information. ENR no longer has it available in their archives.
http://www.ajfroggie.com/roads/articles/al-tollroad.htm
You can go to this site, click on "Projects" near the top of the page, and read the latest article or click on the partial article on the right of the page. That way you won't have to register to read the information. There are also pictures of the plans that you can look at. If you click on each picture you can read the information.
http://ameri-metro.com/projects/current-projects
I wonder how quickly Obama will say that project was his idea and the money was released by him. He will surely claim credit for the 14,000 jobs it creates.