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About Trump's New Thinking on Infrastructure Investment

The president has said public-private partnerships will not work for his $1-trillion infrastructure investment plan. He is right.

By Erika Morphy | erikamorphy | Updated on October 09, 2017

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WASHINGTON, DC–A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump told lawmakers he had changed his mind about the structure of his $1-trillion infrastructure investment plan. Previously the plan was contingent on private sector participation; now, President Trump reportedly said, he didn’t want to take that route. The reason? Certain partnerships between the private sector and federal government just don’t work.

GlobeSt.com spoke with a number of experts in this area and the consensus is this: the president is correct — at best, the reviews are mixed for public-private partnerships for infrastructure projects in which the federal government takes the lead. Instead, most experts agreed P3 projects work best with the state or local jurisdiction heading the project.

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