Facing a subway derailment on Tuesday, as well as soaring delays and forthcoming Penn Station service interruptions during the «Summer of Hell,» Cuomo announced the news along with a package of strategies, increased funding for capital spending
on infrastructure repairs and delivery of new equipment.
Not exact matches
It recouped $ 2.1 million in insurance money but has spent $ 2.3 million
on repairs and upgrades to existing
infrastructure, to make sure another storm of equivalent power won't wreak similar havoc
on the enterprise.
Huawei is building smart cities, and cleaner cities, that have helped many countries save
on electricity, cut down costs, cut down
on repairs, make the
infrastructure more secure and emit cleaner emissions.
Arty Straehla, the CEO of Mammoth (the parent company of Cobra), said in a conference call
on Friday that Cobra does
infrastructure repairs for utility companies across the Midwest.
In a report
on artificial intelligence and the economy, the Obama White House suggested that automation might create jobs in supervising AI,
repairing and maintaining new systems, and in reshaping
infrastructure for developments like self - driving cars.
In regard to
infrastructure, the Party has provided $ 11.3 billion over ten years to municipalities so they can plan in advance to manage growth; delivered a twenty - year strategic plan to catch up
on high priority
infrastructure projects; and committed an average of $ 6 billion annually to build, maintain, and
repair schools, hospitals, highways, urban transit, universities, colleges, parks, and senior care facilities.
There is less hardware that needs
repair, and the responsibility for the grid often falls to the people that are
on it, creating strong incentive to maintain
infrastructure and get it back up quickly compared to a large, central utility which has to weigh the needs of all of its customers.
Non-financial assets are defined as expenditures
on any construction - related work, from road
repairs and maintenance jobs, to local parks and buildings, to social
infrastructure spending such as schools, kindergartens or hospitals.
«This investment will enable councils to
repair roads and key
infrastructure like bridges — boosting reliability
on our roads so people can stay connected with family, friends and employment, while also keeping businesses connected with customers,» said Transport Minister Jesse Norman.
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.
The Move NY plan, proposed by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz, would place tolls
on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan in order to raise money for mass transit
repairs and
infrastructure.
It's fair to ask the New Yorkers who benefit the most from our city's prosperity to pay a little more to
repair the
infrastructure that the entire economy relies
on.
Madigan said the city relies
on the funding to offset rising property taxes and to pay for
infrastructure repairs.
Fewer than 10 percent of the projects
on the initial SMFP list appear to involve core
infrastructure improvements such as road, bridge, sewer or water system
repairs.
«She seems to have a lucid understanding of the issues that New Yorkers face and a grasp
on the fact that it's the
infrastructure that needs
repair,» Kaufman continued.
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.
At 1 p.m., Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara will tour a construction site for an update
on emergency
infrastructure repairs now underway in the City of Amsterdam, Pershing Road.
Unfortunately, the sewer
infrastructure of many of our municipalities is in dire need of
repair and places a burdensome financial strain
on our communities.
The panel released its report late last year, and recommended a phased approach to congestion pricing, which would first include
repairing public transit
infrastructure and then levying a $ 11.52 fee
on personal vehicles and $ 25.34
on trucks traveling south of 60th Street and north of Battery Park during peak hours (between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.)
«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.
Jain says the commission thinks that perhaps the awards, which after this year will approach a total of nearly $ 5 billion dollars, could be better spent
on much needed
infrastructure repairs, with more tangible results.
Jain says the commission thinks that perhaps the awards, which after this year will approach a total of nearly $ 5 billion, could be better spent
on much needed
infrastructure repairs, with more tangible results.
He'd like to refocus Town Board discussions
on needed
infrastructure repairs and «common sense» governance.
-- Crews are currently focusing
on repairing critical
infrastructure, like transmission lines, substations and roads.
The highlight of the launch was the presentation of a cheque for the sum of One Hundred and Seventy Six Million, Three Hundred and Fifty thousand Naira (N176, 350,000) to Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel, the Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Jigawa State
on behalf of the 27 Chairmen in the state for the operation of the social security scheme where a grant of between N50, 000 and N100, 000 would be given to each polling unit across the state for minor
infrastructure repair and social assistance.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and a coalition of construction advocacy organizations
on Thursday called for the state to boost spending for
infrastructure projects, especially in upstate cities that have struggled to keep up with needed
repairs.
«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.»
Riverkeeper Water Quality Advocate Tracy Brown: «To have the federal government continue to cut the state revolving fund monies that are available to support
repair and maintenance is really gonna have a direct impact
on water quality and it's gonna increase the number of sewage
infrastructure failures and the amount of pollution in our waterways.»
I hope we would also agree that a greater emphasis must be placed
on repairing our crumbling
infrastructure, particularly the county road system.
As commuters face what even Gov. Cuomo is calling a «summer of hell» because of track
repairs at Penn Station, GOP mayoral candidate Paul Massey is unveiling a transit
infrastructure plan
on Monday to provide immediate and long - term commuter relief.
The committee oversees construction issues of major facilities across Erie County; as well as issues concerning the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and Industrial Land Development Corporation; acts upon the
repair and maintenance of county roads and bridges, general county
infrastructure repair on buildings and other physical plant facilities; and discusses ideas concerning economic development, job creation and workforce development.
Instead of waiting years to complete planned work and
repairs, the city has decided to spend an additional $ 1 billion
on infrastructure projects over the next two years.
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.
Miner has put forth a proposal to the state government in Albany to spend money
on infrastructure in Syracuse, including
repairing water mains, increasing broadband internet access, and creating a naturally chilled water system to cool buildings in the summer.
Sampson will be a guest
on the show tonight to talk more about the need for
infrastructure repair.
Assemblyman William Magnarelli, a Democrat, and Onondaga County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon, a Republican, issued statements critical of Miner's emphasis
on repairing infrastructure and defending Cuomo's proposals for Upstate economic development.
At a conference
on oil field
infrastructure in October, one executive noted that McKenzie County, which sits in the heart of the oil patch and had a population of 6,360 people in 2010, required nearly $ 200 million in road
repairs.
So I'm interested in the processes that occur when
infrastructure projects are undertaken... what I'm very interested in is the relationship between practitioners who understand engineering and have trained
on - site to, say,
repair bridges or
repair aqueducts and learned people, people with university training....
Mr. Inhofe, the new chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said
on Wednesday that his first priority would be to pass a long - term, robust highway bill, aimed at
repairing the nation's crumbling
infrastructure.
A recent U.S. Department of Education study
on school spending reported that in central cities - where greater numbers of students live in poverty and it costs more to educate them than non-poor students - schools must spend a greater portion of limited funds
on instruction and less
on repairing buildings or buying /
repairing equipment, which has led to often - dangerous
infrastructure conditions.
The report features an in - depth, state - by - state analysis of investment in school
infrastructure and focuses
on 20 years of school facility investment nationwide, as well as funding needed moving forward to make up for annual investment shortfalls for essential
repairs and upgrades.
Just think of all the progress we could have made
on real items that could help economic growth such as better teacher pay, better roads, better bridges, and
repairing infrastructure if we did not have the burden of Medicaid.
The reality - probably 20 years hence, given there is no refuelling
infrastructure for hydrogen, nor any nationwide network for maintaining and
repairing fuel cells, and so
on - is still a huge unknown and a massive gamble.
«All across America, the
infrastructure we depend
on, like this bridge, is in need of modernization and
repairs.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today called
on Congress to pass the transportation portion of the American Jobs Act during a visit to the Bridgeport - Norristown Viaduct outside Philadelphia, a century - old passenger rail bridge that is among the hundreds of pieces of transportation
infrastructure across Pennsylvania in serious need of upgrades and
repairs.
Their unique program
infrastructure was setup
on individual programs to make it «free» for clients to get the credit
repair, so it's an added benefit that is free of cost.
But at the same time try to expand public works projects,
repair infrastructure and put 110 % focus
on our nation's schools.
A restoration economy is primarily based
on renewing the places we've already developed (buildings,
infrastructure, brownfields, etc.) and
on repairing damage done to natural resources along the way.
The LADWP approved a two year rate increase
on the power side to pay for this investment, as well as to
repair its crumbling
infrastructure, cover rising fossil fuel costs, and more.
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.