Rebuilding America: President Donald J. Trump Urges Bipartisan Action to Invest In Our Nation’s Infrastructure | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    "We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land. And we will do it with American heart, and American hands, and American grit."  -  President Donald J. Trump

    REBUILDING AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: President Donald J. Trump is calling on Congress to come together and invest in 21st century infrastructure for all Americans.

           •  The President urges Congress to pass a bill that delivers new and important infrastructure investment to rebuild our crumbling roads, aging bridges, crowded airports, and other infrastructure.

           •  Building up and upgrading our infrastructure is key to improving the quality of life for all Americans.

                 •  Repairing and building new infrastructure will reduce traffic congestion, improve road conditions, and boost commerce across the Nation.

           •  We must also invest in visionary projects that leverage cutting-edge technologies in order to dominate the industries of the future and lead America into the 21st century.

                 •  Mastering new technologies such as 5G wireless, advanced manufacturing, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, rural broadband, and more is vital to our future.

           •  We must work to promote efficient permitting processes for infrastructure projects so a six-month project does not turn into a ten-year odyssey.

                 •  Efficient permitting is especially critical for energy infrastructure and the ability of Americans to access reliable, affordable, and domestically-produced energy.

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    STATE OF DISREPAIR: The President supports bipartisan action to fix our infrastructure.

           •  The American people deserve a modern transportation system that reduces traffic, cuts down on commute time, and is safer and more reliable.

                 •  World Economic Forum's most recent Global Competitiveness Report ranked America's overall infrastructure 9th in the world and the quality of its roads 11th.

           •  Every day, tens of millions of Americans drive across structurally deficient and aging bridges.

                 •  More than 50,000 American bridges are rated as "structurally deficient."

                 •  Around 4 in 10 American bridges are more than 50 years old.

           •  Many roads Americans depend on are overcrowded and in poor condition.

                 •  One out of every five miles of highway pavement is in poor condition.

                 •  More than two out of every five miles of our urban interstates are congested.

           •  The seaports and inland waterways that facilitate commerce and transport American goods require continued investment.

                 •  Many of our ports will require additional improvements to support larger cargo ships.

                 •  Locks and dams on high-traffic inlands waterways need investment.

           •  Rural Americans are being left behind as a result of outdated infrastructure.

                 •  Eighty percent of Americans that lack sufficient broadband access live in rural areas.

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    RESOUNDING PUBLIC SUPPORT: The American people know full well the state of our infrastructure, and public polling shows they resoundingly support increased investment.

           •  Seventy-nine percent of Americans say increasing infrastructure investment should be an "extremely important" priority for the new Congress, according to a recent Politico poll.

           •  More than 70 percent of Americans support increasing Federal investment for roads, bridges, mass transit, and other infrastructure, according to a February 2018 YouGov poll.

           •  Ninety-three percent of rural Americans say investing in infrastructure is important to creating jobs in their community, according to a Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation poll.


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