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Who (or what) will fund needed infrastructure work?

By Jennifer Hicks on May 31st, 2012 | 256047 comments on this post2012-05-31+11%3A01%3A39Jennifer+Hicks

Traditionally, infrastructure projects — road and bridge repair, public-transit expansion and port development — are funded by federal, state and local grants or loans, the municipal bond market and, in some cases, the Highway Trust Fund or international banks. But the federal government, suffering from political fracturing and financial austerity, won’t pony up as much as before.[…] Continue Reading »