Mayors ask Congress for help with U.S. infastructure
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Posted in Bizzare and Offbeat, sad on 12 June 2008
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Big-city mayors told Congress on Thursday that they are overwhelmed by the infrastructure needs of their regions and cannot maintain well-functioning water systems, roads and rail networks without more federal help.

On July 19, 2007, an underground steam pipe exploded in New York, sending residents running for cover.

“We’re having a quiet collapse of prosperity,” said [...]