“Winners and Losers as Congress Approves Final Stimulus Measure” – “ENR and the Associated General Contractors estimate that the package provides more than $130 billion in construction spending. Transportation receives the largest share, more than $49 billion, with $27.5 billion of that for highways.”
“ASCE Assigns Grade D to Nation’s Infrastructure” – “Because decades of underfunding and inattention have endangered our nation’s infrastructure, $2.2 trillion in repairs and upgrades is needed over the next five years to meet adequate conditions. That’s the conclusion of ASCE’s new 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, which assigns an overall grade of D to the nation as well as individual grades in 15 infrastructure categories… ” Bridges earn a C. See CNN’s coverage of the story here.
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