«To me, this is
about infrastructure repair and maintenance.
Not exact matches
But the CEO of Martin Marietta is encouraged
about repairing the nation's crumbling
infrastructure after meeting recently with President Trump.
«I'm very concerned
about the nonprofits being able to take on this new business,» she said, noting that without money to help pay for
infrastructure and
repairs at nonprofit shelters, among other expenses, «I think it will be challenging for [the administration] to find providers that are able to do this work.»
Mahoney says instead of fixing something that's just going to break again, she would like to see a broader conversation
about ways to deal with perpetual problem of
repairing and replacing
infrastructure.
When asked
about Stringer's claim that heating problems in its buildings are five times the city average in private sector buildings, a NYCHA spokeswoman told CBS2 the authority blames the problems on aging
infrastructure and the need for $ 2 billion worth of
repairs.
«First,
repair our
infrastructure, and then we can talk
about development,» insisted Brooklyn Councilman Chaim Deutsch.
The only time the public thinks
about sewer and water
infrastructure repairs, for the most part, is when that
infrastructure fails.
Sampson will be a guest on the show tonight to talk more
about the need for
infrastructure repair.
Ahead of Davos, Forest Trends President Michael Jenkins pointed out that the current spending on traditional
infrastructure, at
about $ 500 billion a year, falls far short of the estimated $ 10 trillion required to
repair and expand the world's existing water
infrastructure by 2030.
A nationwide coalition of organizations, Transportation for America is also calling for a a revamped system of transportation in America, including federal help in retrofitting unsafe urban roads, complete streets for cars, cyclists and pedestrians, more local and democratic decision - making and using transport to create affordable housing and jobs (they are talking
about over 20 million new jobs in building new
infrastructure and
repairing the old).
In 2006, the ABS Community Housing and
Infrastructure Needs Survey (CHINS) also collected information
about the state of
repair of houses in discrete Indigenous communities, and their connection to essential services.