Sentences with phrase «improve public infrastructure»

Blacktop politics are as old as the roads that led to Rome, but the time lag between a politician promising to improve public infrastructure and cutting the ribbon has grown longer — to years, and sometimes as much as a decade.

We should invest in even more construction jobs by improving our public infrastructure along Route 59 and this new, casino - driven tourist highway.

Not exact matches

Government has failed to improve public transit and other infrastructure quickly enough, so much that it can take a half - hour to squeeze through the bottleneck exits of some industrial parks at rush hour.

But there is no need for political clashes to convince large trade surplus countries in East Asia to keep more of their hard - earned savings home - instead of financing deficits of much richer countries - to improve their infrastructure and public services.

Urban and rural Chinese now have health insurance entitlement programs, and the government is opening the sector up more toward private providers, more skilled health care managers are being trained and public health infrastructure is improving.

With infrastructure spending priorities and upcoming negotiations with public - sector unions, improving the budgetary outlook by $ 4 billion per year for two consecutive years would seem a Herculean task.

A central part of the federal government's infrastructure plan involves expanding and improving public transit, through their newly established Public Transit Infrasinfrastructure plan involves expanding and improving public transit, through their newly established Public Transit Infrastructurepublic transit, through their newly established Public Transit InfrastructurePublic Transit InfrastructureInfrastructure Fund.

Our mission is to support the growth of public banking in Massachusetts, initially focusing on an infrastructure bank to help cities and towns with the costs of upgrading buildings, roads, and water systems, with environmental remediation and adaption to a changing climate, and with improving city services.

«Market participants will look back on this municipal green bond issuance for Massachusetts, and see it as the gateway to further green bond issuances across the many states and many cities that are hoping to access less expensive funding to improve infrastructure, protect natural resources and offer renewable energy,» says Bill Daley, Managing Director in Public Finance.

• Creating cleaner transportation options — by investing in public transit infrastructure, improving our fuel efficiency and transitioning to low - carbon options like electric vehicles;

Improved public transit infrastructure could make additional affordable options more accessible.

Partnership, if precisely planned and structured, can be a powerful tool not only to keep public company viable but also to address cost and investment challenges, improve efficiency and service quality, increase expertise, attract more rapid and substantial investments in infrastructure and new energy technologies.

This is currently happening in Lagos, Nigeria, where the State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has embarked on an ambitious set of policies designed to improve public services provided by his government and infrastructure of one of the most populous cities on the continent.

However, by improving regulatory and approval processes and advancing public - private collaboration, we can leverage the private sector resources and expertise needed to achieve world - class infrastructure.

He also expressed optimism that when the 2016 edition takes place, it will consolidate on the gains of the current efforts of government at all levels in improved infrastructure, more efficient business support services, improved public transport system and a more secured and business friendly environment, would have materialized.

On six — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and downstate needs, improving infrastructure, improving the economy and planning for New York's future — only between 23 and 35 percent of voters say Cuomo has done an excellent or good job.

The increase in jobs in this area will be targeting towards improving green infrastructure - setting up public recharge points for a future generation of electric cars, for instance.

«I really wan na have that conversation with our police chief as to from his standpoint in looking at an infrastructure investment that would improve public safety and improve the safety of our police officers.

Adeosun explained that the policy was expected to «Increase exposure of financial or financial related crimes; support the fight against financial crimes and corruption; improved level of public confidence in public entities; enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public funds; improve Nigeria's Open Government Ranking and Ease of Doing Business Indicators; and recover public funds that can be deployed to finance Nigeria's infrastructure deficit.»

On key issues facing the state — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and upstate concerns, improving infrastructure, growing the economy and planning for the state's future — only between 23 percent and 35 percent of voters believe the governor has done a good or excellent job.

The plan itemizes the approach towards investing in people, including promoting social inclusion through social investment programmes for the vulnerable and targeted programmes for the North - East and Niger - Delta, job creation and youth empowerment and investments in human capital while outlining the competitiveness imperatives as enhancing infrastructure (power, roads, rail, ports and broadband services, and leveraging public - private partnerships (PPPs)-RRB-, improving the business environment through the initiatives under the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and promoting digital - led growth.

The OECD also says that the main issues hampering economic growth in the UK are poor educational attainment at secondary level, lack of public infrastructure and rigid planning laws, rather than regulatory obligations, none of which would be directly improved by leaving the EU.

At 10 a.m., The New York State Assembly will hold a public hearing to examine the current state of New York's school infrastructure and facilities and study new ways to support, improve and modernize schools and boards of cooperative educational services.

Hawkins praised Stein's Green New Deal, a proposed plan that aims to create 20 million new jobs by transitioning from fossil fuel - based infrastructure to 100 % clean renewable energy by 2030, while also investing in improved public transportation and community - based agriculture.

«This government is committed to improving on the road transport network, the water transportation system, the public transport infrastructure and most importantly attract the needed investment to fund our Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP), which is already being implemented».

The questions that readily comes to the mind of people in Abia State are, how much of this budget will go to improve the decayed public infrastructure in the state?

He is a strong advocate for counties» role in strengthening public safety, ensuring fiscal responsibility, shoring up core infrastructure and improving economic development.

Lynch told POLITICO New York there is «a lot that needs to happen» in the «outer - outer boroughs,» like improved traffic and pedestrian safety in a district where a majority of constituents drive, improving public transportation options and infrastructure and bringing more attention to the challenges of being a homeowner.

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called Mario Cuomo a «trailblazer and inspiration to all New Yorkers,» and credited him with overhauling the state's aging infrastructure, improving public health programs, and leading the nation with the country's first seat belt laws.

«I plan to work to repeal the discriminatory trash fee, coordinate with city officials to rebuild and repair our community's sidewalk, streets, and water infrastructure, proactively work with the Albany police and community stakeholders to develop strategies to improve public safety, promote economic development strategies that benefit everyone in our community, and ensure city services are accessible,» he said in an emailed statement.

Digital infrastructure could improve society's public records repository and reinforce representative and participatory legal and governance systems

This special issue of Science focuses on diverse areas where public health can be improved by making better use of the resources we have in our grasp, ranging from tailoring engineering projects to meet the needs of material - and infrastructure - limited regions, to building a surveillance network for the detection of drug resistance, to empowering women.

Improving the energy infrastructure requires long - term commitments from patient investors, and all pertinent public and private sectors must work together.

It is experimenting with financing mechanisms to provide volunteer participants with technical support and other resources to improve their infrastructure and public services.

«The new Civil Engineering Training Centre will have a major impact on improving the essential skills required to underpin all kinds of construction and infrastructure development, including housing, commercial, industrial, transport, public sector projects and the # 244m worth of capital investment the Solent LEP is making across the area.

The avalanche of money spent on elections would be better spent creating jobs, improving our neighborhood public schools, fixing our disintegrating infrastructure and building a better future for our children.

Yes, not having adequate funding has an effect on decisions regarding expansions for schools that don't have enough room, updating security systems which are critically important with the increase of school shootings or improving infrastructure issues that charter schools inherit from previously closed traditional public schools.

It provides $ 85 million for improving the state's public infrastructure and enhancing workforce training.

The Office of the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau, known as the Build America Bureau, develops DOT - wide policies to improve transportation infrastructure financing and project delivery, administers Departmental credit programs, develops new initiatives to facilitate public and private financing mechanisms and analyzes the cost effectiveness of new and alternative approaches.

The mission of the Bureau is to improve transportation infrastructure investment through increased technical assistance to project sponsors, expanded access to DOT credit programs and enhanced utilization of private capital in public - private partnerships.

Further, the FAST Act mandated changes to both credit programs, including new project eligibilities such as transit - oriented development (TOD), that is, development to improve or construct public infrastructure that is located in proximity to transit facilities.

The proposed cybersecurity guidance released on October 25, 2016 is based on public feedback gathered by NHTSA, as well as the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.

FHWA provides Federal, State, and local partners the tools, resources and information necessary to make sound safety investment decisions, and coordinates with States to develop Strategic Highway Safety Plans (SHSPs) and implement and improve the safety of roadway infrastructure on all public roads.

Or in the Philippines, where public and private initiatives are underway to improve the country's infrastructure and public access to reading material.»

The infrastructure is improving and eventually public transport will be introduced to the island.

As founder of Bloomberg LLC, he's a numbers guy, and the numbers can't be beat: over three terms his office has spent $ 2.8 billion on improving arts infrastructure across the city; his nonstop boosterism for the arts has paid off, with the cultural sector generating $ 21 million per year (Christo and Jeanne - Claude's The Gates, which he brought to Central Park with the Public Art Fund and art advisor Linda Silverman in 2005, yielded $ 254 million alone); and he's given over $ 200 million of his own money to the arts and other causes.

Instead of mandating the use of helmets, it was argued that efforts should be focussed on preventing the collision (through strategies such as improved infrastructure and expanded public awareness and education programs)-- in other words, if one prevents the collision, helmets become unnecessary.

This event will tackle issues raised by the public through By the City / For the City, ranging from concepts for utilizing forgotten infrastructure to ideas for improving the subway.

It's been obvious to some of us for a long time that bicycle infrastructure policy needs to change in order to give bicycle ridership a big boost, and public health would of course improve from that, as well.

In addition to reducing flood damages, benefits of green infrastructure include energy savings, reduced sewer costs, improved public health, spaces for recreation and environmental benefits.