The Non-Stimulation Continues

On top of such worthy causes as unnecessary construction projects, bridges to nowhere, lobster traps, and teeny tiny little airports, here's another story about the tremendously responsible and stimulating use of 'stimulus' money: little-used rural bridges.

On an average day, 20 cars rumble over the tiny Rock Creek Bridge and onto the gravel road in this rural county west of Richmond.

The Battery Hill Lane bridge in far southern Nelson County gets about 70.

Both are scheduled to be repaired later this year with some of the first payouts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan to get the economy moving by creating jobs, including updating bridges and other infrastructure.

The Virginia Department of Transportation plans to spend $28.2 million in recovery funds repairing the Rock Creek and Battery Hill Lane bridges, along with 61 other small and rural bridges throughout the state that get an average of about 1,200 cars per day.

In Cumberland County, the Rock Creek Road bridge leads to a gravel road with seven houses and even more cattle. Five cars passed over the 30-foot bridge during a two-hour period one recent afternoon.

Boy, it's a good thing this ridiculous Democrat tax-and-spend policy isn't wasting a single taxpayer dollar, isn't it?  Otherwise, people might start getting the idea that it was a bad idea.

There's my two cents.