http://kpel965.com/dotd-sec-shawn-wilson-worried-la-may-lose-out-federal-transportation-dollars/
I work in Civil Engineering when I'm not running around for Uber, or on here to receive crypto pennies for my thoughts. MUH ROADS are literally MUH JOB! I read this article, and laughed. The reason is, like all economic illiterates, they simply don't know what they are talking about. They have a sob story that they know will get the rubes to vote for them. Then, once they are in there all that money for MUH ROADS gets diverted elsewhere, and what little that goes for repairs, they do it on the cheap.
This story will explain it far better than I can: https://fee.org/articles/our-roads-are-crumbling-and-other-infrastructure-myths/
Until we are living in Libertopia, Ancapistan with all the private roads going everywhere, a good solution is public-private partnerships. There are even a crowdfunding websites for that very thing!