>States spend as much building new roads as they do repairing them

>How can more spending mean worse results? Thanks to American transportation policy, it’s a reality painfully understood by millions of drivers, who commute on a deteriorating network of roads right as local and state transit agencies spend increasing sums of money on new highways.
>between 2009 and 2017, the percentage of U.S. roads in “poor condition” increased from 14 to 20 percent, while 37 states saw the percentage of their roads in poor condition increase from 2009 to 2017.

>It’s typically assumed that a lack of funding for basic repairs causes this problem. But according to Repair Priorities, its as much about choices than budget shortfalls. States simply neglect basic repair in favor of expanding roadways

Do you think they'll eventually learn that new highways are infeasible?
How many states just raised their gas tax, and immediately spent the money on new highways instead of maintaining older ones?

https://www.curbed.com/2019/5/14/18622511/construction-highway-roads-infrastructure-week