I thought it was the taxes that I pay on gas and transportation that fixes roads. What does this have anything to do with Obama? I don't recall ant presidential order declaring that the feds should fix roads in E. St. Louis.
Federal gas taxes pay only for federal roads (generally interstates and a few other highways). State and local roads are normally maintained through state gas taxes, property taxes, etc. Not one dime of federal gas tax money went to local road repair; federal stimulus money was used.