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Time To Write Off President Trump's $1T Infrastructure Initiative?

"The federal government is not as big an actual player in public infrastructure as commonly thought."

By Erika Morphy | erikamorphy | Updated on August 22, 2017

Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, DC–That was fast. In July President Donald Trump formed a Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure that was to be composed of private sector appointees. They were to make recommendations on a wide range of infrastructure issues and help with the details of President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan, which is expected to feature the use of Public Private Partnerships with the private sector. That council was disbanded last week before it was even formed along with two other CEO Councils, following the controversy over the president’s remarks about horrific events in Charlottesville.

Now the question is what will become of the $1 trillion infrastructure initiative, which is perhaps the only major proposal by the administration that has bipartisan approval.

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