Regardless, it’s the fault of the politicians for not earmarking enough money for repairs and maintenance. It’s not like this should be unexpected costs, and if they’re still used, where’s the maintenance slush fund?

It would be like letting lrt tracks to degrade. Just shameful.

It's another consequence of the out of control construction inflation over the last half century. Compare the various construction price index to the consumer price index - we simply cannot build things affordably anymore.