The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the problem of infrastructure underinvestment, and the main solution is to increase federal spending in that area, a new American Society of Civil Engineers report says.
The 14-page ASCE report, released on June 24, notes the pandemic has resulted in a falloff in a variety of revenue sources that support infrastructure, such as gas taxes and other transportation fees, transit farebox receipts and airport income. [View ASCE report here.]