Here's a collection of editorials by the US press. There appear to be two themes: our nation's infrastructure is decidedly crumbling and our political will to adequately fund the repair and maintenance of that infrastructure is decidedly in question.
Chiacgo Tribune
NYTimes
Pioneer Press (Twin Cities.com)
Popular Mechanics
Rochester, MN Post-Bulletin
Wall Street Journal
Showing posts with label infrastructure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infrastructure. Show all posts
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
N.O. Leadership lacking, report says
N.O. leadership lacking, report says
Housing shortage also hindering recovery, it says
Times-Picayune, April 25, 2007, By Bill Barrow
BATON ROUGE -- A failure of local leadership and a lack of affordable housing are primary reasons that New Orleans trails many other Gulf Coast communities in storm and flood recovery, according to a new report.
The report, issued jointly by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana and the Rockefeller Institute of Government, is the second in an ongoing analysis of 22 locales that were affected -- in some cases positively -- by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Overall, the report describes regionwide recovery as "uneven," with the progress of each local area dependent on how effective leaders have been in making decisions; how badly its business and economic infrastructure was damaged; and how quickly it has been able to get state and federal aid.
See entire article.
Housing shortage also hindering recovery, it says
Times-Picayune, April 25, 2007, By Bill Barrow
BATON ROUGE -- A failure of local leadership and a lack of affordable housing are primary reasons that New Orleans trails many other Gulf Coast communities in storm and flood recovery, according to a new report.
The report, issued jointly by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana and the Rockefeller Institute of Government, is the second in an ongoing analysis of 22 locales that were affected -- in some cases positively -- by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Overall, the report describes regionwide recovery as "uneven," with the progress of each local area dependent on how effective leaders have been in making decisions; how badly its business and economic infrastructure was damaged; and how quickly it has been able to get state and federal aid.
See entire article.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Our Aging Infrastructure: It's Not Sexy, But it IS Critical...
Bob Herbert of the New York Times writes about the consequences of neglecting our infrastructure. What will it take to fix it?
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
6th Annual TISP Congress
The 6th Annual TISP Congress, scheduled for March 28-29, 2007 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA, is slated to be the most important Infrastructure Resilience conference in 2007. The 2-day conference, focused on “Achieving Resilience: From Readiness to Restoration,” will feature keynote presentations by experts in the private and public sectors including the highly-acclaimed Senior Executive Forum on Priority Challenges to Achieving Disaster Resilience. See more.
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