Hoping to advance President Trump’s plan to invest up to $1 trillion in the nation’s infrastructure, the White House scheduled a series of events this week to highlight specific aspects of the initiative.
On Monday, the President met with airline executives and announced his support for a non-profit corporation to run the nation’s air traffic control system. On Wednesday, he travelled to Ohio, where he focused on the condition of the nation’s waterways. On Thursday, following a White House meeting with mayors and governors, the White House posted an online statement that the President’s plan would devote “$100 billion for local prioritization of infrastructure needs…$15 billion for transformative projects…[and] $25 billion for rural infrastructure.” There were no specifics on how this ten-year plan would be allocated.