Hm. We had some flooding in Iowa a few years ago. The annual budget for roads was $200,000,000, half for repairs and half for new roads. But the repair bill wa

Hm. We had some flooding in Iowa a few years ago. The annual budget for roads was $200,000,000, half for repairs and half for new roads. But the repair bill was going to be more than $200,000,000. So they put the entire sum toward repair, gave up on new roads for years. Still it took years to get all the roads and bridges open. So there's that. Weather doesn't always cooperate.