The Many Infrastructure Weeks of President Trump

Over the past 2.5 years, President Trump has been talking about infrastructure by announcing various “infrastructure week” events that never seem to result in any movement or legislation. However, it is no secret that America’s roads, bridges, and water systems are crumbling and the cost to fix it ranges from $1 Trillion to $3 Trillion.

Anyone? Anyone?

President Trump recently met with Congressional leaders to talk about a proposed $2 Trillion in spending to rebuild America from the ground up. However, instead of having a meeting, he burst out of the meeting into the Rose Garden to declare that he wasn’t going to do anything until they had ceased their investigations. Politics aside, America has needed a major renovation for at least 20 years. The American Society of Civil Engineers has rated our infrastructurea D+. Passing, but not encouraging. All parties need to put aside their differences and get about the business of the most major renovation of this country since the Interstate System.

It’s a Big Job

Fixing our roads and bridges is no easy thing. It involves massive contracts, working with states and local leaders to identify the projects and then also disrupting major parts of America’s cities to bring the concrete, asphalt andrails up to a modern standard.