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Infrastructure
Making smart choices about infrastructure policy can help address larger policy challenges, from transportation to technology to flood protection.

Pew’s research examines issues that are critical to improving the economy, our shared environment, and civic life. It includes a focus on understanding the partnership of the federal government, states, and localities.

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Infrastructure Fiscal & Economic Policy U.S. Policy U.S. State Policy
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Marcia Argust Kathryn de Wit Alex Horowitz Laura Lightbody Fatima Yousofi
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Latest Research

A row of windmills juts diagonally across the ocean, with a clear blue sky in the horizon.

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State Infrastructure Financing

Collected resources on federal funding opportunities, metrics, and financing tools
Quick View

State and local governments spend roughly half a trillion dollars annually on America’s roads, bridges, transit, and water systems, but still struggle to keep pace with needed repairs or make the significant upfront investments required to modernize public infrastructure. Most states lack the tools to track maintenance, repair, and investment needs for critical public infrastructure and, as a result, create unmonitored, long-term liabilities that could pose significant fiscal burdens in the future.

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