Yes, this is the ideal time to be fixing roads

The COVID-19 outbreak is an unprecedented national challenge that has brought many sectors of America’s economy to a grinding, government-mandated halt. Stock markets have fluctuated widely, small businesses are teetering, and unemployment claims have soared.

And yet, while most of us stay home, we are still seeing firsthand outside our windows, on television or online, roads being repaved, heavy equipment operating on highways, and bridges being repaired.