Transportation issues lead to major debt

A major issue facing the US now and more seriously in 2025 is the rising demand for transportation and the costly upkeep of roadway infrastructure and expansion. In Oregon alone many places have congested or out of date roadways limiting businesses and people from transporting to those jobs. "Without increased spending on transportation projects, congestion and related problems will cost the local economy $844 million a year by 2025, including lost worker productivity, higher transportation costs and lost business earnings." Where as fixing the problem each year will only cost $433 million in 36 Oregon counties, $325 million alone will be the cost to fix Portland's backlog.
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Traffic poses threat to jobs