What are the important implications of the barrier systems for annual operating budgets?

Take a look at the documents on cable median barriers in the Handouts and Downloads section of the Module 4 Overview page (documents are news articles and government information briefs) relating to cable barrier systems installed in medians of interstates and other divided highways. The cable barrier systems have been adopted by transportation agencies in a number of states in recent years and were a particularly popular project for spending Federal ARRA (Stimulus) funds.

What issues with the barrier systems can you glean from the articles that would be important considerations in capital budgeting decisions to fund the barrier systems? What are the important implications of the barrier systems for annual operating budgets? And, if you find something interesting in another article on the barrier systems not covered in the reading, post it and discuss it. Let’s make sure to bring the concepts from the capital budgeting reading into this discussion.

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/cable-barriers-proving-effective/article_22506f3c-83ae-559e-b108-aa4fb5b7d08d.html