VDOT at Work
Lately, the Virginia Department of Transportation claims that they are hard on their luck. First, they decide to close some rest stops across the Commonwealth, and then, they tell local governments that all road maintenance and snow removal will not be occurring. However, it appears that in spite of their lack of money, the central office at VDOT has decided to focus on producing movies. Yep, Hollywood has come to Richmond. Here’s their latest production on the VDOT YouTube Channel:
Now, one would think they would be scaling back their efforts, since they are broke. No, they are wasting the taxpayer’s money by producing videos, instead of focusing on their work. Why doesn’t VDOT use their time to look at ways to cut unnecessary expenditures to improve the roads across the Commonwealth? Instead, this is just another example of your government at work.
Posted on March 15, 2009, in Virginia Politics and tagged Government Spending, Transportation, VDOT, Virginia, Waste. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
VDOT and the Commonwealth claim they will save state funds by closing some rest stops. What they missed all along was the opportunity to make money instead. Along I 95 and I 64 there are many exits with no gasoline stations within 2 miles of the exit. If the Commonwealth leased out the right to sell gasoline at the rest stop and included the rest stop maintenance and care responsibilities in the lease requirements, the Commonwealth would end the expense and earn an income besides.