President Trump's decision to shut down an announced but not yet active infrastructure advisory panel isn't expected to have a major impact on his still-unreleased proposal to add $1 trillion over 10 years for highway, rail, water, energy and other projects, industry officials say.
News of the panel's cancellation came in an Aug. 17 statement from a White House official, who said Trump had announced the closing of two higher-profile advisory bodies, the Manufacturing Council and the Strategy and Policy Forum. The statement added that the infrastructure council, "which was still being formed, will not move forward."