Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, cited ASCE’s study, “Failure to Act: Economic Impacts of Status Quo Investment Across Infrastructure Systems,” as ideal starting point for the infrastructure financing discussion.
It's not clear why one team opted out of competition for the estimated $11 billion I-270/Beltway expansion in a major commuter corridor outside Washington, D.C.