Construction industry officials watching and listening to President Trump’s State of the Union Address got the “mention” they were waiting for, as Trump said he wants to work with Congress on legislation that would bring about a “great rebuilding of America’s crumbling infrastructure.”
In the roughly 80-minute speech, delivered on Feb. 5, the infrastructure section was brief. Trump devoting much more time and attention to border security, including a call for “a new physical barrier, or wall, to secure the vast areas between our ports of entry.”