We have a larger population to serve and we postponed some of these projects in the past.  We needed this and the voters agreed.

Now we hear the repubs whine about "wasting" money.  When repubs want to give a YUUUGE tax break to the wealthy trumps of our country, the repubs call that "reform".

That is the repub problem - they refuse to do anything for the public good and they want to GIVE money to billionaires.