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农村国家在基础设施计划中寻求联邦资金

2017年2月15日

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William Panos

Looking ahead to President Trump’s $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan, rural states are laying down a marker. Transportation officials from rural areas say public-private partnerships generally won’t help them. They say they need direct federal funding.

在2月8日的参议院环境和公共工程委员会听证会上，交通总监怀俄明州威廉·潘诺斯（William Panos状态。”Panos在爱达荷州，蒙大拿州，北达科他州，南达科他州和怀俄明州的点作证说：“任何表面运输倡议都应强烈强调公式资金。”他支持2015年修复美国表面运输（FAST）ACT的资金公式。

Steve Hall, an American Council of Engineering Companies vice president, says, “I think the message that has emerged … is that, if we’re going to do something big on infrastructure this year, it has to include something for the traditional federal programs to meet the needs of those states where there’s not a logical [public-private partnership] project.”

特朗普竞选顾问建议通过税收抵免来吸引私人基础设施投资者。DOT秘书Elaine Chao表示，她认为该计划也将有直接的联邦资金。

美国土木工程师协会董事总经理Brian Pallasch说，农村地区可以使用小型项目的P3包装。18luck官网宾夕法尼亚州正在通过这样的P3重建558座桥梁。他说，一个新的大型基础设施计划应该有私人资金，以及州和地方资金。他说：“但是，有些项目仍然需要联邦援助，没有私营部门的18luck官网参与……税收抵免以及我们正在谈论的所有其他事情。”

Rural voices have had an impact. The FAST Act sets aside for rural areas at least 25% of $4.5 billion in non-formula grants for key freight and highway projects. Congress also said at least 20% of the roughly $500 million in DOT 2016 TIGER grants had to go to rural projects.

Tom Ichniowski has been writing about the federal government as ENR’s Washington Bureau Chief since the George H.W. Bush administration, and he has covered at least five major highway bills. A recognized expert on government policy on infrastructure and regulation, Tom is also a Baltimore native and Orioles fan who grew up rooting for Brooks and Frank Robinson. He is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia’s graduate school of journalism, where he once used “unrelentless” in a headline.