Looking ahead to President Trump’s $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan, rural states are laying down a marker. Transportation officials from rural areas say public- private partnerships generally won’t help them.
When Michael Braden took over as U.S Army Corps of Engineers’ divisions chief for the Olmsted Locks and Dam in 2013, job No. 1 was getting the $3.1-billion project back on schedule.
While infrastructure advocates wait to see what sort of investment plan President Trump will propose, a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing provided another forum to discuss what to do about deteriorating highways and other transportation networks.
Construction industry officials hungering for details about President-elect Donald Trump’s $1-trillion infrastructure proposal have gleaned some hints about the plan from Elaine Chao, Trump’s nominee to lead the Dept. of Transportation.