Through Norman's new infrastructure policy and the widespread adoption of Construction Robots, infrastructure work had accelerated at an unimaginable pace.
Many people overlooked the fact that this country had once been an "infrastructure maniac" as well. During the 1929 economic crisis, President Roosevelt carried out a great deal of infrastructure work.
It was also during Roosevelt's New Deal that the United States completed a nationwide highway network.
Then, during Eisenhower's administration, in order to spur economic development and showcase their superiority, they planned to upgrade the highway network into an expressway network and launched the Interstate Highway Plan.
After the efforts of several generations, 68,880 kilometers of expressways were finally completed in the 1970s. More mileage was added afterward, eventually bringing the total length of expressways to over 100,000 kilometers.
Unfortunately, after decades of use, those roads had fallen into severe disrepair. Due to funding constraints and domestic issues, they had never been properly maintained.
Besides, many of the early expressways had been concrete roads with very low load-bearing capacity.
As a result, people often dredged up that plan to criticize it decades later.
But now, under the matchmaking of "Norman's New Deal," those expressways had been renovated, and a special lane had appeared along the more than one hundred thousand kilometers of highways:
"Drone Lane"—constructed by Osborn.
All kinds of autonomous cargo trucks and Construction Robots traveled along this lane, working around the clock to deliver supplies and labor to designated locations.
Because all the robots on the lane were remotely coordinated by OIS, even though it operated at near full capacity almost all day long, it had never experienced a traffic jam.
The dense stream of robots had become a tourist attraction—a scenic route stretching over one hundred thousand kilometers. It boosted morale and promoted the adoption of