INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTOR WEEK IN REVIEW Sep 13, 2018 https://link.infrastructureinvestor.com/ Chicago Parking Meters’ decade of discontent For users and city officials, the 75-year concession is what ‘egregious private-sector capital’ looks like. What’s the difference between a good deal and a good public-private partnership? Easy: a good deal doesn’t necessarily need both parties to [...]
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http://bismarcktribune.com/opinion/columnists/america-gets-a-d-in-infrastructure/article_4bfccdfc-1b5f-5cb0-8063-79ef036c0039.html The American Society of Civil Engineers routinely produces a report card on the state of America’s infrastructure. In the most recent version they gave America a D+. They were being kind. An obvious indicator of our nation’s demise is our nation’s infrastructure, which President Donald Trump has routinely talked about fixing. As yet, [...]
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/blockchain-and-the-36-trillion-infrastructure-crisis-cm889525 There is a crisis unfolding in the United States. Infrastructure has become dated, decayed, and vulnerable to attack. A problem which the American Society of Civil Engineers estimates says will cost the country up to $3.6 trillion to address. So where does technology fit in to the United States’ next great undertaking? The Internet of Things [...]
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International Airport Review https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/64858/infrastructure-crisis/ Infrastructure crisis: IATA chief warns of looming troubles threatening aviation’s future With passenger numbers set to reach 7.8 billion in the next 18 years, the International Air Transport Association has expressed its concerns that the pace of infrastructure development may soon create a capacity crisis. STRUGGLING FOR SPACE: Air travel is [...]
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/29/news/economy/infrastructure-plan-funding/index.html Sean Strawbridge runs the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, but he's been spending a lot of time in Washington lately. In meetings with White House officials and anyone else who'll listen, he brings a stack of glossy brochures laying out what he's after: $225 million from the federal government to widen and deepen [...]
By Cameron McWhirter Updated April 12, 2018 5:32 p.m. ET https://www.wsj.com/articles/mississippi-gov-bryant-orders-more-than-100-bridges-closed-1523541600 The state of Mississippi’s bridges are in such bad shape that the governor has ordered at least 102 closed this week. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, issued an emergency declaration, authorizing the Mississippi Department of Transportation workers to shut down the bridges, with [...]
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan: Modest Federal Incentives, Facing Long Odds