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Infrastructure 2017: Gearing Up and Going Beyond

"Infrastructure 2017: Gearing Up and Going Beyond" is a Special Report prepared by The Washington Times Advocacy Department.

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Time to get to work on infrastructure

By Sen. John Barrasso and M.D.

The American Society of Civil Engineers recently released 2017 Infrastructure Report Card.

U.S. public, politicians agree: Time to modernize U.S. infrastructure

By Tom Smith and Dr. Norma Jean Mattei and P.E.

An infrastructure priority: Ensuring safe drinking water

By Rep. Greg Walden

Congress cannot squander a rare opportunity for reform

By Rep. Bill Shuster

Time to free air traffic control from the federal bureaucracy

By Robert Poole

Electricity pylons and lines on a clear blue sky.

The infrastructure that drives America's future: Electric transmission

By Kathy Shea

Why Congress is the essential leader on infrastructure

By Norman Anderson

Ready to rebuild

By Ty E. Gable

The Second Avenue Subway's second phase would extend the line north to 125th Street in East Harlem. Image courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Something we can all agree on

By Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney

Pioneering automated travel -- and learning along the way

By Greg Winfree, J.D. and Ginger Goodin and P.E.

A new air traffic control tower is built at Dulles International Airport, Va, as part of the extension project Thursday, September 22, 2005. ( Photographs by Astrid Riecken / The Washington Times )

Our national airspace is national, not private

By Rep. Steve Russell

Congress shouldn't deputize airlines as tax collectors

By Andrew Langer

Air traffic control privatization is an attack on rural America

By Niel Ritchie and Selena Shilad

Image of nuclear reactor control room courtesy of Nuclear Energy Institute.

Nuclear energy: The unsung hero of American infrastructure

By Maria Korsnick

Energy infrastructure and a pro-domestic energy agenda

By Rep. Fred Upton

Thinking anew about electricity infrastructure

By James J. Hoecker

Lithium-ion energy storage: Key component of America's renewable energy future

By Ken Zak

Waterways investment -- and red-tape relief -- means more jobs, commerce, national security

By Thomas A. Allegretti

Powering our nation's homes and businesses requires lots of infrastructure.

Tax-exempt municipal bonds are essential to building American infrastructure

By Sue Kelly

Thoughts on successful partnerships for infrastructure

By Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles Williams and Gary Loew

A Spider Barge (right) distributes outer-channel sediment into a barge held in place by a tug boat (left), as a Cutter Head Dredge Alaska (outside frame) pumps material through the pipe. The work is part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. The outer channel will extend up to 20 miles into the Atlantic when complete, making the entire shipping channel 40 miles long from entry to Garden City Terminal. Image courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Deepening the Port of Savannah: A boon to economy -- and trade

By Rep. Buddy Carter

Aerial photo of Soo Locks, a vital waterway for iron ore and other maritime commerce between Lake Superior and Lake Huron that first opened in 1855. Today, only two of its four locks are operable, and only one the Poe Lock can handle the largest lake freighters. Image courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Michigan's Soo Locks: The urgent need for one more

By Rep. Jack Bergman

Sale of federal assets could yield billions for infrastructure

By Rep. Jeff Denham

What infrastructure needs: Smart permitting

By Lt. Gen. (Ret) Bob Flowers

Unlocking billions of dollars of infrastructure funding capacity

By Charles "Skip" Stitt

Why U.S. must outpace China, other nations

By Grayson Brulte

The Ray in Georgia: Demanding more of roadways

By Harriet Anderson Langford

You get what you pay for

By Edward R. Hamberger

Public infrastructure for public benefit

By Dennis R. Pierce

Broadening our broadband

By Rep. Marsha Blackburn

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