Change radically and that could affect much more than just the economy some worry that could reignite the bloody conflict between republicans and loyalists that raged here. In this market and on the irish side of the border has everything a local farmer could want. Its been attracting merchants and customers from the republic of ireland and british Northern Ireland for 34 years. Called the market into being the 80 year old knows everything there is to know about drama. In his guard house he recounts what it was like during the troubles the days when there were military checkpoints and the ira was active. And he explains why many here fear hard that were going to start all over again. So no you see it. And when i heard of david. The border would come into operation again maybe theyre going to breed agreement is broken. The irishman traces the outlines of drama on a map its a little piece of the republic of ireland thats almost completely surrounded by british Northern Ireland. That has
Killed, a consultant inspecting a building next to the esplanade emailed the dob this picture of what he called a scary crack on the esplanade and urged them to get someone over quick on this. Dob acknowledged receiving the email but ultimately never sent an inspector to check it out. There was no evidence of any followup to remedy the situation. Reporter the doi says there was a breakdown of the process of enforcing inspections, mandatory every five years. There were 1,000 buildings, 1,000 rogue landlords, didnt even file their safety reports. And the Buildings Department didnt do anything to force them to file them. Reporter mayor de blasio says, the city will ensure that profit owners meet their obligation to keep their buildings safe. The department of buildings declined our multiple requests to comment on camera. The department has made changes to their compliance protocol. Now the Building Owner fails the city will now inspect that building and charge the landlord. Live on the Up
Trust fund may run out of funds as early as september 2014, which would create cash flow problem for states during the critical summer construction season. Due to the uncertainty leading up to that bleak scenario, states are already beginning to develop contingency plans to prepare for reductions in federal transportation funding, which includes cutting pending projects. This is terrible for businesses, workers, and our nation. According to georgias department of transportation, if federal funding is cut, we would not be able to fund any new projects. Officials from other states have made similar statements and the effects are very negative, to say the least. As states postpone putting Construction Contracts out to bid, businesses will be more reluctant to invest and that impact will be felt throughout the higher entire economy. Let me be clear, the pending shortfall must be addressed by an infusion of funds. Otherwise, cbo estimates of locations for new projects in 2015 would need to
Energy needs and friendlier towards their environment. So why are we doing this . We have got to make the tough decisions. The tough decision has to be made in conjunction with our colleagues on the Senate Finance committee and all the members. I happen to serve on both committees that we need to have the revenues necessary to support a longterm surface transportation reauthorization. We have to recognize the realities of the current revenue flow into the Transportation Trust fund is inadequate as its based on the gasoline tax in the we have been very effective at bringing down the volume in regards to the use of gasoline and or efficient engines alternative ways so we need to look at ways we can have an adequate source so i hope he would be open to things such as carbon fees or other ways to get the revenues necessary but i know transportation is a bipartisan issue and senator inhofe has been one of the great leaders moving forward on infrastructure. Senator vitter also strongly suppo
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. , 2014 ] hy trust fund is projected to become insolvent by the end of the summer. The effect would have severe impacts and my state of new york. New york has 628 federal aid highway projects for 2015 which requires approximately 2 billion for the funding. 40 of these projects are bridges that are in need of construction or repair. Without the new funding from the Highway Trust Fund to start these projects next year new york state would have to begin restricting the use of roads and bridges that are no longer safe or can no longer handle the capacity for which they were originally designed. This would result in detours, delays, problems getting things that need to be brought into our commerce. It means more time and money loss for businesses and families who are just struggling to make it in this tough economy. New york state is by no means alone. This will hurt every single one of her states and ripple your role whole Transportation Sys