Americans want a federal infrastructure program to focus on rebuilding aging roads and bridges, but are reluctant to use federal dollars for such projects, according to a Reuters poll released Jan. 19.
The findings highlight a major challenge for a 10-year, $1 trillion infrastructure program incoming President Donald Trump has promised: Everyone wants infrastructure, but almost no one wants to pay for it.
“We can’t have it all — we have to pay for what we want,” said Ananth Prasad, who leads the transportation practice at HNTB Corp, a transportation consulting firm.
