Quote As we rebuild our industries, it is also time to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.

AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS HELP: American infrastructure has fallen behind due to years of inaction and a broken permitting system.

The United States ranks tenth in the world in terms of quality of overall infrastructure, according to the World Economic Forum.

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

Americans spent an estimated 6.9 billion hours delayed in traffic in 2014, or 42 hours per driver.

One third of America’s bridges are 50 years or older.

There are an estimated 240,000 water main breaks every year in the U.S.

Red tape has held back American infrastructure investment. The median time to complete an environmental review process of complex highway projects is at least 7 years, according to a 2014 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).



REBUILDING AMERICA: President Donald J. Trump’s plan will renew our country’s once-great infrastructure and help build a more prosperous future for all Americans.

President Trump’s proposal will generate at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment over the next decade. This investment in American infrastructure will raise wages and improve quality of life for the American people.

President Trump is putting forward a long-term solution that builds off of strong partnerships between Federal, state, tribal, and local authorities. Half of the new infrastructure funds would go towards incentivizing new state and local investments in infrastructure. President Trump’s plan will empower state and local authorities to prioritize infrastructure projects based on their community’s needs.

This plan will eliminate unnecessary redundancies and inefficiencies in the regulatory and permitting process that are holding back American infrastructure development.

The President’s plan will address the infrastructure needs of rural America. A quarter of the Federal funds will be dedicated to addressing rural infrastructure needs prioritized by state and local leaders. These funds will go towards rebuilding roads, providing clean water to rural families and businesses, expanding broadband access, and supplying affordable, reliable power.

President Trump’s proposal will encourage the development of new, transformative infrastructure projects.

BUILDING OFF OF YEAR ONE: President Trump will continue to build off of the action his Administration took in its first year to improve American infrastructure.