Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Rand's solution for rebuilding Brent Spence: tolls

The Enquirer has the story:

"I don't want to tell you that there isn't any money. But there isn't any money," Sen. Rand Paul told chamber member Brent Cooper in response to a question about funding for the bridge.

...As for finding funding for the Brent Spence Bridge, Paul had other dramatic ideas to share, such as selling the bridge to a private company to build.

"Probably have it in a year and a half if you sell it to somebody. That's thinking way outside the box, but let somebody build it for you, and there are companies that will do it," he said, adding that doing so would probably mean significant tolls for the next 100 years or so.