The budget also calls for a limit to federal funding for New Starts, a federal infrastructure grant program
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The budget also calls for a limit to federal funding for New Starts, a federal infrastructure grant program
that is anticipated as a major source of funding for the proposed Gateway tunnel that would relieve the aging and decrepit 100-year old Hudson River rail tunnels in New York.
Budget Blueprint Puts His Promises on Infrastructure in Doubt -
By ALAN RAPPEPORT and NICK CORASANITIMARCH 17, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget was billed as a blueprint for acting on campaign pledges,
but neglected in his cascade of spending cuts to federal agencies and largess for the military and border protection was one of his biggest promises: investing in infrastructure.
At the time, he proposed something akin to a federal infrastructure bank, saying, “We’ll get
a fund, make a phenomenal deal with low interest rates and rebuild our infrastructure.”
Infrastructure was one potential issue where Mr. Trump could have cut a deal with Democrats,
who have long seen big government projects as a method of creating jobs for their voters.
As a candidate Mr. Trump also made repeated proclamations
that he would rebuild the country’s “inner cities,” putting forth a “New Deal for Black America” in the final days of his campaign that specifically called for new infrastructure investment.
Amtrak released a statement saying that eliminating funding for long-distance service would impact “many of the 500 communities we serve.” Zeroing out funding for long-haul
Amtrak routes could impact the profitability of the successful segments of the national rail network by cutting off feeder lines to the Northeast Corridor.
that is anticipated as a major source of funding for the proposed Gateway tunnel that would relieve the aging and decrepit 100-year old Hudson River rail tunnels in New York.
Budget Blueprint Puts His Promises on Infrastructure in Doubt -
By ALAN RAPPEPORT and NICK CORASANITIMARCH 17, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget was billed as a blueprint for acting on campaign pledges,
but neglected in his cascade of spending cuts to federal agencies and largess for the military and border protection was one of his biggest promises: investing in infrastructure.
At the time, he proposed something akin to a federal infrastructure bank, saying, “We’ll get
a fund, make a phenomenal deal with low interest rates and rebuild our infrastructure.”
Infrastructure was one potential issue where Mr. Trump could have cut a deal with Democrats,
who have long seen big government projects as a method of creating jobs for their voters.
As a candidate Mr. Trump also made repeated proclamations
that he would rebuild the country’s “inner cities,” putting forth a “New Deal for Black America” in the final days of his campaign that specifically called for new infrastructure investment.
Amtrak released a statement saying that eliminating funding for long-distance service would impact “many of the 500 communities we serve.” Zeroing out funding for long-haul
Amtrak routes could impact the profitability of the successful segments of the national rail network by cutting off feeder lines to the Northeast Corridor.