He called for
major infrastructure investments to create middle class jobs, something that both President - elect Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer support.
Government must pay greater attention to the needs of rail freight when considering
major infrastructure investments such as with the Northern Powerhouse, a conference heard yesterday.
He told Newsday those issues include «
major infrastructure investments to create jobs, affordable higher education, criminal justice reforms and more funding for scientific research,» the paper wrote in its endorsement of him.
Government must pay greater attention to the needs of rail freight when considering
major infrastructure investments
There are imaginative proposals for transitioning to other fuels for transportation, such as hydrogen to power automotive fuel cells, but this would require
major infrastructure investment and restructuring.
Not exact matches
Without the need for a capital
investment in
infrastructure, Instacart scaled quickly, growing from three to 15
major metropolitan areas in 2014, including Chicago; Boston; Washington, D.C.; and Portland, Ore..
Wang Yiming, deputy head of the Development Research Centre of China's State Council, said at the forum that although many belt and road projects were funded by
major financial institutions — including the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank, New Development Bank, China Development Bank (CDB), the Export - Import Bank of China and the Silk Road Fund — there was still a huge funding gap of up to US$ 500 billion a year.
That's partly due to strong demand coming from Brazil, Russia, India and China, where
investment in developing
infrastructure for surveillance of cities and
major sporting events has been heavy.
Since President Trump was elected promising
major investments in
infrastructure, investors have eagerly awaited that to come to fruition, recognizing it could have a
major impact if enacted thoughtfully.
There is also the consideration that
infrastructure investment is likely to disproportionately benefit groups like middle - aged men with limited education who face a
major structural employment problem.
He was one of the first
major investors to realize that railroad firms had been making badly needed
infrastructure investments that would eventually lead to robust growth and solid cash flow.
Equally important in this transition will be a
major investment in clean
infrastructure.
Following an attempt by the Abu Dhabi government to purchase
major US port facilities a decade ago, CFIUS was reformed to include, for example, review of sovereign foreign
investment or a purchase that would involve foreign
investment in critical
infrastructure.
The plans for the Kidman properties purchased with China's Shanghai CRED late in 2016 include
major investments in
infrastructure and technology, including the use of drones, communications upgrades and sophisticated cattle monitoring.
Increased marketing
investment has strengthened key brands for further growth and the group has embarked on a
major capital
investment programme at its dairies division in order to improve the efficiency and
infrastructure of its liquid milk operations.
A balanced long - term
investment programme that focuses on transport
infrastructure will retain and create jobs and provide a
major catalyst for sustained economic recovery and growth of the nation.»
Devolving
major decisions in this way would prevent a loud minority blocking
infrastructure investment while also giving everyone affected an equal right to have their say.
The growing British interest in a citizen's income scheme coincides with an announcement last month that two
major UK public pension funds — the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA)-- will form a joint
infrastructure investment venture worth $ 500 million.
The Governor also announced two
major investments in water
infrastructure in Suffolk and Nassau Counties.
She has proposed
major public
investment in
infrastructure, taking over failed and wasteful privatised industries and reforming the tax system.
Instead of competing with the Tories over cuts, Labour should be demanding a
major public sector
investment programme of job creation in
infrastructure, housing, and service provision funded, not by any increas in public borrowing, but by taxing the 0.1 % super-rich on their # 190bn gains since the crash 4 years ago.
The letter calls for
major investment in
infrastructure projects, calls for progress on greener forward procurement commitments, support for low - carbon technologies and products and a drive to improve energy efficiency standards.
A balanced long - term
investment programme that focuses on transport
infrastructure will retain and create jobs and provide a
major catalyst to the economic recovery and growth of the nation.»
Ministers claimed the «hard - won fiscal credibility» from austerity has made the UK Guarantees plan, a massive spending project designed to dramatically increase
investment in
infrastructure and provide
major support to UK exporters, possible.
He also called for the creation of a British
Investment Bank which would help provide lending to small growing businesses and for
major infrastructure projects.
If the UK Government fails to improve the planning of
infrastructure there will be
major risks to much needed
investment.»
The government has announced a special initiative called the «Akufo - Addo Program for Economic Transformation (AAPET)», as a
major intervention for job creation,
infrastructure development and accelerated
investment in Agriculture.
'' The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new
investments in New York's
infrastructure; passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first
major restructuring of the tax code in decades, resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle - class New York taxpayers; approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods; and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.»
«One bright spot for the industry is government spending on
infrastructure, which we see remaining strong throughout our five year forecast period, with commitments to the rail network, a new five year programme for
investment in water and, towards the end of the period in particular, the start of
major investments in new energy supply.
Whatever state builds the first
major off - shore wind project is likely to attract the
infrastructure investment in manufacturing, shipping, ports, and supply chain that will position it to be the center of the off - shore wind built out along the east coast.
The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new
investments in New York's
infrastructure, passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first
major restructuring of the tax code in decades resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers taxpayers, approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods, and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.
The Council identified eight
major priorities in its response: increased
investment in city youth;
investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital
investment in
infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.
It is the first time the National Climate Assessment will include a section on the risks to
infrastructure, a broad term that includes most
major societal
investments.
«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 Global Asset Management segment offers
investment capabilities and styles across all
major traditional and alternative asset classes such as equities, fixed income, currencies, hedge funds, real estate,
infrastructure, and private equity that can also be combined into multi-asset strategies.
Major investment in tourism
infrastructure - including the redevelopment of the island's airport, new highways, a new international passenger port, and a wave of new luxury hotel developments - are paving the way for Vietnam's «Emerald Isle» to establish itself as Asia's hottest new destination for connoisseurs of luxury travel.
Iraq is exhibiting at a
major travel and tourism trade event at WTM 2010 as it looks to negotiate even more
investment in its tourism
infrastructure following the end of the war in 2003.
Iraqi travel sector set for
major growth as business and religious tourism increases amid renewed billion dollar
infrastructure investment and expanding air links
Environmentalists have been so focused on making clean energy relatively cheaper (by making dirty energy expensive) that they overlook the possibility of making clean energy absolutely cheaper through
major investments in technology innovation and
infrastructure.
No Landfill Does Not Mean No Impact This commitment is part of a
major investment in recycling
infrastructure that will see a new state - of - the - art recycling facility built to manage and sort the city's waste.
And the MidwesternGovernors Association,
major advocates for CCS development state: «With unstable oil prices, commercially proven technology and know - how readily available and private capital waiting to invest, the MGA CCS Task Force aims to address the
major remaining barrier to ramping up EOR: the lack of industrial sources of captured CO2 large enough and sufficiently long - term to justify private
investment in pipelines and other
infrastructure needed to expand EOR to additional fields.»
Major infrastructure projects — highways, dams, levies, electrical transmission lines, trains and subways — represent
investments meant to pay off over generations.
At the same time, climate resilience needs to be factored into all
major new
infrastructure projects in order to preserve these
investments in the longer term and produce a range of other benefits.
This sort of stopgap funding measure is not the type of
major injections of
infrastructure investment necessary to reduce the estimated $ 1.6 trillion
infrastructure funding gap that is expected by 2020.
Therefore, using them or other static standards as a basis for locating and designing long - lived electricity
infrastructure leaves
major investments increasingly vulnerable to shifting realities.
Farther south, New York City has taken numerous steps to implement PlaNYC, a far - reaching sustainability plan for the city, including amending the construction code and the zoning laws and the implementation of measures focused on developing adaptation strategies to protect the City's public and private
infrastructure from the effects of climate change; 26 some
major investments in protection have even been conceptualized.
For that, we need leadership from the finance and
investment community and by local, regional and national governments who will decide on
major infrastructure plans over the coming years,» said the Secretary - General in his remarks at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna.
Environmentalists have been so focused on making clean energy relatively cheaper (by imposing regulations that make dirty energy expensive) that they overlook the possibility of making clean energy absolutely cheaper through
major investments in technology innovation and
infrastructure.
More irrigation water in the future may require agricultural expansion to help with food security whereas less water might mean the region moving out of agricultural altogether, decisions with
major implications for
investment in regional
infrastructure.
Other measures that have been announced in recent years include opening up more land for development, piloting public sector land auctions, streamlining planning applications with a fast track for
major infrastructure projects and offering first time buyers an equity
investment towards the deposit on new build homes.