CDOT repairs metro area bridge after neighbors reach out to Denver7 Investigates
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2024
- Denver7 Investigates visited some of the poor rated bridges in the Denver metro area and those also show exposed rebar and crumbling concrete.
Amazing how once the news gets involved suddenly money spawns out of thin air. Truly a miracle!
Because that's when the federal government takes notice. They don't want the FBI investigating them for the fraud that's obviously being committed at the state level.
Didn't answer the question of where our tax money is going.
You like that little bit eh?
Bridge work everywhere else. The problem is taxpayers did NOT approve a budget tax increase for transportation a few years ago. Then, taxpayers turn around and complain the bridges don't look nice? You can't have it both ways
@@MrRadScar everyone likes money. its a given
Ukraine and Israel........that's where the tax money went.
Gas tax doesn't pay for upkeep. It's less than a quarter because Congress hasn't upped the gas tax in 30 years to keep pace with inflation.
if it is rated poor it should be inspected annually at minimum
I think they should be inspected every 6 months.
Stories like this one are why a free press is so important.
Our grandparents built us a beautiful town just so we could neglect it, it’s nationwide. Better get back on track folks.
Progressive policies destroy.
@@susanbrown2578if I thought you were serious I d laugh , your just moronic
@@susanbrown2578 Please identify specifically how progressive policies led to this bridge being in poor condition? Don't get side tracked and deflect. How are progressive polices related to this bridge?
Maybe if they started enforcing vehicle registration fees they'd have more money to fix these bridges. It seems like 25% of vehicles I see on the road have no license plates, long expired temporary plates, or tags that are expired more than one month.
The problem isn’t vehicle registration fees, Colorado has been known by residents for years to be misappropriating taxpayer funds and spending money meant for infrastructure to line their pockets
@@stevenbryant3055👍💯😠
Every time a politician tells us that if we approve 1 of their proposals, they lie. My state promised us that if we accept an increase in gas tax, that will pay for all the road work. We still have crumbling bridges and tire popping potholes everywhere. We were told that if we approved for casinos and other gambling, that it would go to NOTHING except the schools. Yet, we still have overcrowded and outdated conditions.
You asked CDOT's own engineer and expected an honest answer? Even the media is complacent.
Weird the gas tax, registration tax list bridge tax as a charge. Wheres the money at?
Netanyahu's armory.
Every other project being worked on.
It's being used to support sanctuary policies.
Where is the 💰💰 going?🤔
To illegal aliens.
Likely other even worse bridges and no we can't replace them as fast as China as we would have to reduce standards to Tofu Dreg levels.
I watch it and it removed me about our Westgerman Autobahnbridges. Build in the 60‘s and 70‘s. Now they have to replaced - what a surprise
She lying. They pay her too much money.
Meanwhile, US-50 remains closed. 7-hour delay.
US-50 isnt the only one. About 180 brodges of that same design nationwide were found to have defects. It's a design issue.
reminds me of the bridges in pittsburgh.they just keep lowering the weight limits as they deteriorate.
Why have bridges in CO been left to crumble? One word, "Republicans". They don't want to spend the money.
About time. Although I think that bridge just needs to be rebuilt.
They need an audit to see what is getting fixed, before and after reports. I agree with the fair rating but they need to track the money cause that bridge could have been easily repaired for pedestrians. Just wait until one falls and they will have all of them inspected and someone will take the blame and they will ask for more money. Problem solved.
Pathetic that things like this only get resolved when it becomes a public story
Ok, so i do not live there, but honestly, they should make it where they inspect them every year. Since a lot can happen in the 2 year span of inspections.
I bet the money is going into someones pocket and other stuff instead of repairing stuff that needs to be repaired.
It's not just Colorado. States build new bridges (and roads) that waste money on unique designs for the bridges when a standard design engineered for the location would suffice. They also waste money on artistic decoration and landscaping that should be spent on the upkeep and replacement of existing bridges and roads. Every dollar should be spent to replace and maintain our roads in an efficient and responsible manner.
Also continuous pot holes repairs year after year, are surprising and most of us wonder what materials specs are involved. Is Elaine Choa's company providing it? or who?
They are safe until disaster comes
If you want the government to do something just get the news involved.
Sooo nobody talking about the water pipe with the massive hole in it?
RANT. We have the same problem in Rhode Island where the population density is much higher ( not just the density of the population). The revenue for bridge and road repair, thanks to legislatures, is deposited into the states "general fund". According to state records we have only one general, a Maj. General in the Nat Guard. Currently navigating a bridge failure on I-195 in Providence. Bird feces hid the structural deterioration. Narragansett Bay
Outstanding work! 🇺🇸
CDOT has done well in many categories, like snow plows and other tasks. Infrastructure issues should be routed to the Gov. to get those Fed. Funds in since we as a State put in huge tax dollars
every year to the Feds.
I am no engineer by any means, but wouldn't exposed rebar be a bad thing? Moisture getting into them, causing them to expand and cracking the concrete and spalling? Thus the whole thing losing structural integrity over time? And since that is the case, most those bridges be considered poor and dangerous to go over?
is it safe to cross as a pedestrian or cyclist ?
that is just scary.....
So she is saying that the bridge designers wasted money by incorporating concrete and rebar which was not necessary?
She is a genius. Maybe she should be teaching bridge design?
I suppose that since government officials are exempt from prosecution, they don't have to act responsibly.
Yes, always over design and over build. To build to exactly 100% of rated load leaves zero room for error or age. So it is not wasted money.
@@randyb1890
The reason for 'over design' is not to allow the bridge to rot away.
It is to allow for the variability in the materials used, minor errors in calculations, unanticipated loads and fatigue.
And government officials are NEVER exempt from prosecution! It may take longer than for regular citizens, but a couple of recent news stories come to mind - one about a certain ousted District Attorney (regarding what she was ousted for), the other about a certain former president....
@@gregculverwellabsolutely, though that's also not to mention that rebar and concrete are simply exponentially better together than concrete or steel on their own. One is good in compression, the other is good in tension, and, honestly, on those poor-rated bridges where the rebar actually IS showing through (the fair-rated bridge had exposed piping, very different), that just means that the rebar has been doing its job at keeping the bridge together; of course, now that the rebar IS exposed on certain bridges, the time has just passed to be starting serious conversations on their replacements, because, once the exposed parts of the rebar start to corrode, that can spread and become systemic to the bridge in a relative hurry.
Without the government who will build and maintain the roads?
CDOT does not care about you. Get used to it.
I know they spend money with fresh paint and street sweepers going down the bike lanes that have taken over car parking. So they do spend money on the roads. Just for people that they don't collect taxes from.
Electric cars aren't paying road taxes, and it's starting to show.
Gas taxes have never been enough to cover all the road maintenance we need.
Where is the "build back better"money?
It’s there , do you think everything can be fixed in an instant , its up to each state to choose what has priority then make the repair or replacement happen , that takes time , now they have the funds
It went to Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@dannycrooks8462 you think there’s a limit on how much money we can print ?besides much of the aid is obsolete or dated equipment we were going to be replacing any how . Stop listening the tehe Reich wing media
10% FOR THE BIG GUY IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HIS SON'S HO AND CRACK HOBBY
Was that leaky pipe fixed?
I say this bridge is poor condition and I drive for RTD if one of these bridges collapses while I drive my car or bus there will be a lawsuit
Come see the union Ave bridge in Pueblo...
In Oklahoma those bridges would have been rated as excellent.
this is the same all over the USA 70% of infrastructure could collapse in the next 5 years
To be fair if CDOT starting just repairing everything around the state immediately the cost of you gasoline would raise several dollars with new taxes to cover the cost. I don't think people understand that America not Colorado is in an infrastructure crisis. We built to much all at the same time and now have no money to maintain and replace without large tax increases. Yes its ugly but I prefer method and fact based science to determine if it needs to proceed now. There are just a lot of Karen's in Colorado. Found out after moving here that Colorado is full of the nicest self centered, self serving people ever.
If that bridge is in fair condition, then poor must be barely resisting gravity.
This is what the infrastructure bill is for. Why haven't applications been made?
God damn my state has gone to hell in a fucking hand basket.
The tax’s on gas is rarely raised to meet inflation. Secondly it’s easier to get funds to build new roads and bridges to ADD to the network… not replacing old ones.
What happens when concrete falls off of one of the bridges and winds up killing a driver in a vehicle driving underneath the bridge.
"It's been 3 years, why is this just now getting fixed?"
"Um, that's a good question...."
It's 'cause nobody likes bad press, they don't like to admit it when they mess up, and they IMMEDIATELY go into damage control mode when said bad press focuses on their mess-ups! There's something to be said for INTEGRITY in this day and age, that's for durn sure!
Every Bridge is “Safe” until it Collapses at which point it suddenly becomes Catastrophically Unsafe.
maybe the interviewer should have asked the residents how they vote in elections. That might answer a lot of questions.
Too interested in getting raises, and new vehicles.
She’s paid well for diminishing the facts 😢
Corruption in high places 😎
Things to do in Denver BEFORE you're dead.
The first thing they should have done was to report CDOT to the FBI for a fraud investigation years ago. Guaranteed that there are a handful of delinquents at the state level diverting tax revenue.
As much as we pay in taxes all of are roads and bridges should be like new
Nobody looks at the official email you have to make them look bad
Where is the money going and how much do they raise each year? 😊😊😊
So the other bridge over the Reservoir with the same rating is closed. Coverup.
They're too worried about front range rail and other stuff the average taxpayer don't care about. I-70 from the Kansas border going west is atrocious. Yes, where do the tax dollars go?
Those bridges are not safe
Clearly it’s gone to the UNWANTED IMMYS
Stop wasting our oxygen you useless drone
So they say a bridge is safe to drive over.
But they're not telling you it's not safe to drive under cuz you can have concrete flying through your windshield and kill you 🤦🤡🤡🤡
The plywood is so snowplows do not shovel material down onto the bike lane. But yeah, it should look better than that.
Where is all the infrastructure money going if it's not to repair or replace these bridges ask the question follow the money
Ok Tucker , tell me how many projects are in the planning stage, how many are ready to start right NOW , today lots more than any time under Donny oh yeah that plan is coming in two weeks , he claimed over and over
Looks so bad even the homeless won't live under it 🤣🤣
evil bridge
Yikes. We were planning a vacation through Colorado for next summer. Just tossed all the plans into the trash and we are rethinking the destination.
Lauren Boebert😊
The only money available to CDOT is Gas Tax money, and that has not increased at all. The costs of doing business are steadily increasing as well as the costs of voting democrat! The CDOT budget is getting used up faster each year. A significant increase in gas taxes would greatly help CDOT to address these issues. But, who wants to pay more taxes?
Natasha = liar.
But CDOT and polis have enough money to build better bigger roads going to the ski areas. And all the federal money is going to foreign countries.
Yep. Because I-70 is a terrible design right now. The grade changes alone are supposed to help speed up traffic along that corridor
Have to get the money for illegals somewhere.
Why don't you ask that gay guy in charge of Transportation for funds.
FuQ
1 accident and colorado will be broke... bet all the "build back better money" was spent in rich areas.. Where's the money MAGATS????
Lol send out the 17year old girl to calm down the public .
Yet the president sends trillions to other countries .
This is about property values. They gloss over it. Sorry you couldn’t sell your home for 100k more cause of a bridge, the disconnect.
More money for migrant housing or wait a minute lets rebuild another country
Keep voting for liberal democrats.
Illegal immigrants. That’s where it’s going!
Stop wasting our oxygen you worthless lump of brainwashed gullibility
All democrats and will vote for the same old BS
I think you should I have more concerns about vaccines than Bridges.
only a low intellingence cult member who pays attention to propoganda and wouldn't know a fact or truth if it bit them would make such an inane comment on a story about a bridge
I think that you be concerned about getting better grammar skills. “I think you should I have”
@@Clubsub256 reread your sentence. I guess I added an "I" and you forgot a "should".
@@Clubsub256Seems you took the Astra jab?
So much for those billions in weed money from Colorado