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Monday, February 21, 2011

Aging Infrastructure

America’s aging infrastructure is getting attention in the news and blogs. Here is a compilation of some recent articles and posts on the subject.

Growth and Renewal in the United States: Retooling America’s Economic Engine (McKinsey & Company, Feb. 2011)
Infrastructure in the Obama Budget (Infrastructure Watch, Feb. 17, 2011)
New Report: America’s Poor Infrastructure is Holding Back Economic Growth (The Infrastructurist, Feb. 18, 2011)
Oklahoma TV: Crumbling Infrastructure Around the World (InfrastructureUSA, Feb. 4, 2011)
Welcome to the Pothole Nation (Selway, W., Bloomberg Businessweek, Feb. 10, 2011)

Aging sewer systems will cost millions to fix (Jones, T., Berkshire Eagle, Jan. 16, 2011)
America's other deficit (Klein, E., Washington Post, Jan. 2, 2011)
Minding the Gap: Deficit Spending and Transportation (Peppard, C., Switchboard [Natural Resources Defense Council], Jan 4., 2011)

Is America’s Aging Infrastructure a Recipe for Disaster? (Jaffe, E., The Infrastructurist, Dec. 17, 2010)

America has Huge Need for Water Infrastructure Improvements (Infrastructure Watch, May 4, 2010)
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