
…both with the Trump administration and certainly with the Congress, there’s an acknowledgment that we need to do more, that infrastructure is the backbone of a thriving economy…Now, the differences begin pretty soon after you get past that statement, because I think there is great division in the country about whose responsibility it is. The Trump administration has sought to incentivize state and local governments in the private sector…I think state and local governments, certainly the members of our association, AASHTO, the state Departments of Transportation, see the federal component of investment in transportation infrastructure as critically important because it really is the foundation upon which state DOTs build to provide for the transportation investment needs within their states or within their communities.
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