As Congress and construction industry groups continue to wait for President Trump to release long-promised details of his infrastructure investment plan, a bipartisan group of U.S. House members is proposing an array of possible ways to increase infrastructure funding and make improvements in how projects are financed and implemented.
The proposals, in a new report from the 48-member “Problem Solvers Caucus,” include a wide range of familiar points, including “sustainable and long-term funding” for the Highway Trust Fund, incentives for states to use public-private partnerships to deliver projects and additional “streamlining” in the project-permitting process.