Sentences with phrase «needed infrastructure improvements»

Last year, the county put together a comprehensive and multi-faceted plan to revitalize the lakefront, including a concert pavilion, much needed infrastructure improvements, and investments in the village of Solvay.

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Also, the Cuban infrastructure desperately needs improvement: The ground transportation system requires major repairs and upgrades, and an antiquated electrical grid poses enormous problems.

She maintained that 70 % of infrastructure that will be needed in cities by 2016 still has not been built, and that without these improvements, cities will face major challenges in accommodating fast growth.

The potential for savings is significant for U.S. banks, although they will need to get past a merely average tech infrastructure to deliver smartphone banking ubiquity and leverage their relative ease of cost improvements.

Shareholders need to have a dose of reality and see «their» profits invested in real infrastructure improvements.

That sounds like great news, until you learn that districts actually need $ 5 billion for equipment and infrastructure improvements.

«The crisis drew attention to the conservatory's neglected infrastructure and the immediate need for major improvements,» said Forrest Claypool, general superintendent of the Chicago Park District.

Question: You travelled to see for yourself the challenges that poster services are facing, in terms of infrastructure, what do you think needs improvement?

«Obviously, the vision is there, the plan is there but again it is not driven by anything than the citizens themselves and the area that we need improvement is for citizens to have trust or confidence that the taxes they are paying will be returned back in terms of infrastructure but I can tell you that I am also concerned; I see a lot of things I don't like but I am inhibited by the amount of money I have,» Governor Ambode said.

«In order to meet the ongoing critical needs of airport infrastructure improvement,» Martelle said, «NYAMA is requesting $ 200 million over five years for the State Aviation Capital Grant Program.»

«As part of Governor Cuomo's historic investment in infrastructure, the New York State Department of Transportation is making improvements to an interchange that does not adequately address the needs of today's traffic and pedestrian demands,» state DOT Commissioner Matthew Driscoll said in a statement.

Cox agreed with some of Cuomo's plans — such as spending money on infrastructure at airports, many of which are in need of improvement.

«Our infrastructure is aging, and in desperate need of repairs and improvements,» said de Blasio at the Budget Hearing on Local Governments on February 25.

Westchester County Board of Legislators Majority Leader and Subcommittee Chairman Peter Harckham (D - Katonah) welcomed Raymond Kvalheim, a project director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and Jason C. Denno, from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation and CWNS state coordinator, to discuss necessary wastewater infrastructure improvements and how to document these needs.

Additionally, WCC's capital budget includes $ 2.16 million for four projects, which include technology upgrades at several locations on - and - off - campus along with site improvements throughout campus and a proposal to assess planning and infrastructure needs going forward.

They need to grant our water infrastructure an adequate budget for improvement and safety, and to guarantee that we know what is in our drinking water.

First it is important to note that the infrastructure in Western New York is old and in need of improvement.

Our voices were heard on critical issues such as the need to enhance community input on the siting of Wi - Fi kiosks, as well as on investing revenue from the deal into infrastructure improvements that will help our City close the digital divide for Brooklynites and all New Yorkers.

Paul Proulx, also a ranking member of the Fidi Neighborhood Association, said he joined the group specifically to advocate for much - needed city services and Downtown infrastructure improvements — most notably through upgrades to the area's colonial - era street grid, which locals have blamed for a whole host of quality - of - life and safety issues — that have been late catching up with the area's radical demographic shift.

«The need [for infrastructure improvements] is clearly tremendous,» said Adam Forman, a senior researcher at the Manhattan - based public policy think tank Center for an Urban Future.

Read said that if the city does not receive grant funding, infrastructure improvements will still need to be done.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has stated that one of the legacies we would live is the need for continued improvement in infrastructure.

McLaughlin also cited the need for infrastructure improvements, pointing to his efforts in Hoosick Falls to battle drinking water contamination.

It's the latest example of the need for water infrastructure improvements in a city that's been impacted by hundreds of water main breaks in recent years.

And he stressed the need to improve infrastructure in New York State, noting the need for federal input on many of the big projects he wants to get done such as improving LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports and the «dramatic improvement» needed for the subway system.

I used to live in NYS and though I think infrastructure and highway routing improvement is years behind in planning and execution in NYS this recognition of need for gun restriction by New Yorkers is heartening.

But the governor returned again and again in his speech Wednesday to Upstate's need for more infrastructure improvements, more tax breaks and more construction cranes in the sky, like the ones now rising in Buffalo.

The Environmental Protection Agency's latest survey for capitol improvement identifies the need to invest $ 298 billion over the next 20 years on wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to meet the Clean Water Act public safety goals of swimmable and fishable waters.

Critical improvements are being made to IRRI's breeding infrastructure, which needs to be more responsive to the requirements of current and future rice demand.

To successfully manage performance metrics and evaluate ROI of the training, you'll need to have the right technical infrastructure and a good model of learning improvement.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

Facility assessment firms can help schools and universities assemble an accurate and up - to - date database of an institution's infrastructure so administrators can determine more precisely how much needed improvements will cost.

But as California enters the «awareness» stage of work on Common Core State Standards, one of the things we are becoming aware of is that we have decimated the improvement infrastructure that we will desperately need if California is to do anything useful about the Common Core.

This shift requires states to accurately assess needs, priorities, and capacities of program infrastructures; engage in strategic, collaborative, and integrated improvement planning; and carefully implement evidence - based practices.

The federal government has an ambitious goal of connecting 99 percent of America's students to high - speed broadband and wireless in their schools by 2018; at the state level, more than $ 2 billion has been allocated to support technology infrastructure improvement in schools (US Department of Education 2013; California Department of Education 2013, 2014, 2015).2 In spite of these investments, a large number of schools need significant infrastructure upgrades (Gao 2015).

In contrast, as James Spillane, David Cohen, and Donald Peurach argue, concerted efforts and investments need to be made to build the infrastructure that can support educational improvement.

Congress passed the FAST Act to address a backlog in transportation investment in infrastructure and operational improvements to handle the growth in freight movement, but there is still a large gap in unmet investment need.

She points out that these charities are tackling larger problems and need their infrastructure — but there is room for improvement.

Existing energy infrastructures would have to be replaced quicker and policy instruments that could make such improvements feasible would need to be adopted earlier.

As always, energy efficiency improvements such as energy efficient lighting, adding insulation, and sealing leaks should be undertaken first.First Step: Replace Fossil Fuel Equipment Replacing building infrastructure may take some time, especially if you wait until the equipment needs replacing.

An early example of the kind of new infrastructure needed is the infrastructure improvements slated for the mining town of Mt. Isa in northwest Queensland.

Foreign Investment Could Bring Benefits, But It Often Doesn't In theory this foreign investment could bring much needed funds as well as infrastructure improvements into these countries.

Despite improvements that have been made to the planning system, the government acknowledges that challenges need to be addressed in relation to climate change, infrastructure and large projects.

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It is a perennial national policy debate: how to address the dire need for infrastructure improvements.

Taxes go to school districts, county costs such as infrastructure maintenance and improvements, as well as other community needs.

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