Lawmakers, Transportation Experts Question Trump's Infrastructure Plan

President-elect Donald Trump is for rebuilding the nation's roads and bridges, but it is unclear how it would be funded.

Chicago Tribune
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Illinois legislators and transportation officials say they can't predict what transportation infrastructure policy will be like under the presidential administration of Donald Trump—the Republican said he is for rebuilding the nation's roads and bridges, but it is unclear how it would be funded.

It is also not certain that he would get the Republican-controlled Congress, which passed a new highway bill last year, to agree to a big spending plan.

"We're certainly eager to see the details," said Ken Simonson, chief economist with the Associated General Contractors of America, a Virginia-based trade group.

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