Sentences with phrase «on aging infrastructure»

Both also depend on aging infrastructure that has already been stressed by climate hazards including heat waves, as well as coastal and riverine flooding due to a combination of sea level rise, storm surge, and extreme precipitation events.

«The important thing for Amtrak now is that we exert the leadership and focus needed to improve the station's infrastructure over the summer and do what is necessary to achieve our common goal — ensuring that passengers will no longer be traveling on aging infrastructure or worrying about when they will get to or from their destinations.»

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.

Not exact matches

This includes $ 2.3 billion for the replacement of the aging Massey Tunnel with a new 10 - lane bridge, $ 731 million in transit infrastructure, $ 198 million for Highway 1 Lower Lynn Corridor improvements at the north end of the Second Narrows Bridge, and $ 70 million for the new, seventh counter-flow lane on the Alex Fraser Bridge.

Its infrastructure is aging and in disrepair on a good day.

An aging global population in the developed world, coupled with the emergence of a more robust healthcare services infrastructure in the developing world, will keep demand growth in the healthcare sector on a steady upward trend for decades.

The outgoing Auditor General expressed concerns about a number of significant and emerging pressures facing the Government, including an ageing infrastructure, and ageing population and insufficient progress in addressing Aboriginal pressures on reserves.

He was clear that wars (and by logical extension, public infrastructure and old - age pensions) always are paid for by the generation that fights the wars, builds the infrastructure or creates the output on which welfare - income transfer payments are spent.

While it seems US politicians rarely see eye - to - eye on anything, the fact that America's aging infrastructure needs attention is one issue that has attracted clear bipartisan agreement.

Lawmakers on Monday passed extender resolutions to keep the government running through the end of May, but also to fund pretty much all of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development program — not to mention a $ 2.5 billion water infrastructure package that pretty much all sides want — but not contentious issues like education / charter school funding, raise the age and 421 - a.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Congress to «come together and compromise» on a $ 1 trillion infrastructure spending package that would include funding to repair the region's aging rail system.

One of the biggest challenges facing New York City right now is its aging mass transportation system, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's infrastructure deteriorating as subways and trains run on an outdated system.

Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer dollars slated for a public campaign finance system would be better spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing tax relief for struggling middle - class families.

Heastie said the higher taxes on millionaires would generate sufficient revenue for the state to increase funding for schools, the aging, infrastructure and other public priorities.

«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.

While they may disagree on many policy issues Miner and DeFrancisco agreed on the need to invest in aging infrastructure such as pipes and roads and faulted Cuomo's efforts to boost the upstate economy, which include tax breaks for start - up companies and competitive regional economic development awards.

The Syracuse Common Council is taking a formal stand on what should be done with the aging infrastructure of Interstate 81.

At 11 a.m., Sen. David Carlucci will release a report on the condition of Rockland County's dams and urge passage of new legislation that will prioritize aging water infrastructure to target available funding to improve them, 46 Old Mill Rd., West Nyack.

Even though their ridership is nowhere near the Big Apple's, upstate New York's largest public transit face many of the same challenges their big - city counterparts at the MTA deal with on a regular basis, including aging infrastructure and increased demand for service.

Other issues still on the table include: education spending, college affordability, raise the age, water infrastructure spending, workers comp reform and subsidies for three upstate nuclear plants.

Following the derailment, elected officials hammered away at the MTA, which has been plagued in recent weeks by extensive subways delays and breakdowns, blamed on the system's aging infrastructure.

The nation's busiest train station and a main hub on Manhattan's West Side, Penn Station has become a focus for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has sought to stake much of his legacy on upgrading the state's aging infrastructure.

For months, New Yorkers have also been facing mounting delays on the subway as aging infrastructure makes riding the train an absolute nightmare.

Miner has spent her time in office focusing on the need to improve aging infrastructure and said more people are now paying attention.

At age 81, he re-joined Lazard earlier this year, after nominal retirement, and told the Washington Post in January, that he would be assembling financing from foreign investors «to relieve the pressure on the American budget» through infrastructure buy - outs.

Governor Cuomo said «These grants will modernize aging infrastructure, ease burdens on local property taxpayers, and help build a stronger Central New York.»

New congestion tolling, higher sales and gas taxes, and increased licensing fees are among a list of ideas presented Friday on how to help fund Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed $ 100 billion overhaul of Connecticut's aging transportation infrastructure.

«We're known in the United States for having aging infrastructure, not moving on things.

Under the current utility structure, the power sector in New York is on track to spend an estimated $ 30 billion to replace and modernize the state's aging energy infrastructure over the next decade.

There's an increasing consensus that the money, estimated to be between $ 5 billion and $ 7 billion, should be spent on infrastructure — the state's aging roadways, bridges, transit and other public systems.

A state lawmaker is calling on the Department of Environmental Conservation to enforce the «Sewage Pollution Right To Know Act,» legislation that highlights the need for replacing the area's aging infrastructure.

Embarking on a comprehensive overhaul of our aging infrastructure is a high priority, and must be tackled immediately.

My time spent in public service provided an opportunity to work on a variety of projects, from the expansion of business opportunities and job creation to development of workforce housing and revitalization of aging infrastructure.

Provenzano praised Gallo for his work on replacing aging infrastructure and welcoming new business and initiatives in the city «with open arms.»

As evidence of the deep divisions on Raise the Age, Senator Thomas D. Croci, a Republican from Long Island, suggested that Mr. Heastie and Mr. Cuomo «care more about keeping teenage drug gang members, murderers and rapists out of jail than they do about funding our public schools, providing tax relief for our families and rebuilding our infrastructure.»

... State and local governments must remain focused on addressing the challenges of aging infrastructure through continued funding for these priorities, thoughtful capital planning and more sustainable development.»

«What's happening in West Seneca is unacceptable, but many of their costs stem from maintaining an aging and out of date infrastructure, and for that we need voices in Washington advocating a return on investment of our federal tax dollars.

In the days following Trump's election, architects erupted in dissent over a statement from Robert Ivy, the executive vice president and CEO of the American Institute of Architects, who issued a statement saying the organization's members were committed to working with the president - elect on crafting a spending plan to strengthen the nation's aging infrastructure (Climatewire, Nov. 21, 2016).

With an aging population placing increasing demands on entitlement programs like Social Security, and likely federal spending increases for defense and infrastructure programs, budgets for scientific research could come under intense pressure.

Trump has stated some of his goals for energy and infrastructure on his Web site, which include encouraging fossil fuel development and updating aging water systems.

Representatives discussed the problems with current ICT infrastructure in their schools, including outdated software, poor internet connections, lack of or ageing hardware and unacceptably limited capacity on computer networks, meaning multiple pupils can not use school computers at the same time.

Smarter Work Zones Project Coordination and Technology Applications Publication Date: August 2016 Description: Aging roadway infrastructure and increasing highway congestion means additional road work, resulting in greater work zone impact on the motoring public.

Yet, we typically only hear about our nation's aging infrastructure when a weather - catastrophe strikes: floods in Manitoba or Alberta, ice - storms in Quebec and massive snow storms on the East Coast.

-- # 400m ($ 530m) for electric vehicle charging infrastructure — # 100m ($ 132m) for a plug - in car grant — # 40m ($ 53m) for charging research & development — Clarifications to the law so drivers will not face taxes if charging at work — 1/3 off rail fares for 4.5 million people aged between 26 - 30 — 1 % increase in company car tax for diesel vehicles — An increase in taxes on new cars that do not meet the latest EU6 emissions band

While aging power infrastructure and financing challenges might still present daunting obstacles, mainland Asia's largest economies are clearly on the same page when it comes to the future prospects of wind and solar power.

It's a global compact signed on a voluntary basis by Local and Regional Authorities willing to adapt their water infrastructure and services to the emerging challenges they are increasingly facing such as climate change, rapid urban growth, depletion and pollution of water resources or ageing infrastructure.

What is pretty clear, though, is that this year's extreme wetness on the seasonal scale has pushed parts of California's aging water infrastructure to the brink — and had even a single additional warm, wet atmospheric river come ashore during the peak of winter, the overall flood situation might have been considerably more serious.

Global Warming floods and droughts crops, increases insect and fungal growth, increases the spread of said non-indigenous vermin, alters the range of crops to where geology and infrastructure (such as irrigation and farms) is not favourable (north of the Southern Manitoba bread - basket is boreal forest too acidic for crops and north even further is only accessible by winter roads)...... these problems are potentially solvable, but certainly as soon as Chinese Himalayan meltwater dries up, or as soon as a Monsoon season fails because of Global Warming, the next decade of cost savings by following the Republican / Conservative geoengineering «plan»... such preventable events in the midst of an economic golden age will be looked on by future generations as evil.

The massive natural gas leak at Aliso Canyon shined a light on California's aging natural gas infrastructure.

My edited post regarded Peter Calthorpe's recent «Foreign Policy» article on the astonishingly rapid past and projected growth of automobile infrastructure in China, and the article's bizarre omission of any climate change context, despite Calthorpe being the author of «Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change.»