Now It's History

Now It's History

When concrete rains down on your car

Five years after the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, the money may be running out

Richard Galant
May 20, 2026
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At 6 a.m. on May 7, John Toledo was driving home from his job at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection when debris from the concrete roof of an overpass suddenly fell in front of his car, blowing out a tire.

Toledo posted dashcam video of the falling material on Reddit, and told Gothamist, “If I would have been one or two more seconds …

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