“This Really Isn’t The Best Example Of A Shovel Ready Bridge”

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CNN’S Brooke Baldwin: “We were looking into this bridge, and we know that the president’s job proposal calls to get people jobs, to get people back to work now. Projects that are shovel ready. But we discovered this particular bridge, connecting Kentucky and Ohio, it is anything but shovel ready. What’s the deal there?” CNN White House Correspondent Brianna Keilar: “That's exactly right. That’s what the spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation told me. That this really isn't the best example of a shovel ready bridge or a shovel ready project. That’s something, Brooke, that Republicans are absolutely slamming the president for trying to promote a jobs plan that he says will create jobs immediately and then coming here. A bridge that, best case scenario, wouldn't have construction going on until mid, more likely late, 2013. That’s with an expedited process. More likely you wouldn't see jobs here on a wide scale until 2015. Here’s what the White House is saying. They’re saying they didn't say it was shovel ready. Their point that they’re making is what we heard from Jay Carney today, this is symbolic of the crumbling infrastructure across the country.”(CNN “CNN Newsroom,, 9/22/11)