Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the foundation states are built upon. It impacts everything from economic development and global competitiveness to our quality of life, safety, environment, and resiliency. Governors have taken action to enhance infrastructure, including creating new and increasing existing funding streams, advancing public-private partnerships, addressing regulatory delays, improving transparency, and promoting innovation.
NGA Infrastructure Resource Pages
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Northeast Regional Project Delivery Workshop
On Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5, 2024, NGA held its Northeast Regional Project Delivery Workshop in Philadelphia. This convening, which was hosted in partnership with Pennsylvania Governor Josh ...
NGA Convenes Network of Governors’ Infrastructure Implementation Coordinators
Fresh off NGA’s 2024 Winter Meeting, the organization pulled together the latest in a series of workshops for Governors’ Infrastructure Implementation Coordinators. Marking two years since the first in-person meeting ...
NGA Sends Letter Outlining WRDA Priorities
The Honorable Tom CarperChairmanCommittee on the Environment and Public WorksUnited States Senate513 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Sam GravesChairmanCommittee on Transportation and InfrastructureUnited States House of Representatives1135 ...
Governors Implement: On The Road To Infrastructure In West Virginia
On Wednesday, February 28, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice assembled members of his cabinet and key state, local, and federal officials for a day-long meeting on infrastructure investment in West ...
State Resource Center: Innovative Infrastructure Funding, Financing and Delivery
Governors across the country are exploring the use of alternative infrastructure delivery models and innovative funding and financing approaches to deploy a wide range of infrastructure projects in their states ...
December 2023 Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop
On December 12 and 13, 2023, the National Governors Association (NGA) hosted its sixth Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop in Washington, D.C. This convening brought together Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators and Energy ...
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IIJA Implementation Resources
As Governors lead on implementing the historic bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the National Governors Association will be continuing to provide timely and actionable resources, create opportunities for Governors and their staff to convene and collaborate, and maintain relationships with critical federal, state, local, and private sector stakeholders.
Principles for National Infrastructure Investment
Infrastructure is the foundation states are built upon. It impacts everything from economic development and global competitiveness, to our quality of life, safety, environment and resiliency. Governors have taken action to enhance infrastructure, including creating new and increasing existing funding streams, advancing public private partnerships, addressing regulatory delays, improving transparency and promoting innovation.
Meet the Team
- Thomas Curtin, Program Director
- Richard Lukas, Legislative Director
- Glenn Grimshaw, Senior Policy Analyst
- Alexis Howard, Legislative Associate
- Henry Ashley, Policy Coordinator
Initiatives
Infrastructure: Foundation For Success was the 2019-2020 Chair’s Initiative of Gov. Larry Hogan.
Infrastructure Library
Southeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Tuesday, March 12, 2019 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Southeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Nashville, TN. Transportation ...
The Future of the Interstate Highway System
The Interstate Highway System is the backbone of our country’s transportation system. Representing only 1 percent of the total U.S. public road mileage, it carries over 25 percent of all ...
Gov. Walz Testimony on Infrastructure: The Cost of Doing Nothing
Statement of The Honorable Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot ...
Nation’s Governors: Now Is the Time for Action on Infrastructure
Amid growing bipartisan support for federal action on the nation’s infrastructure, the National Governors Association (NGA) will be represented this week at two milestone events urging federal initiative on investing ...
Preparing the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0
December 3, 2018 The Honorable Elaine ChaoSecretary, United States Department of Transportation1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, D.C. 20590RE: Preparing the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (ISBN 978-0-16-094944-9)Dear Secretary Chao:On ...
NGA/U.S. DOT Webinar on the Build America Bureau’s New Rural Projects Initiative
The webinar, hosted in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), introduced the U.S. DOT’s Build America Bureau and shared how states can finance transportation projects through the new ...
State Level Policies to Promote Water Utility Consolidation
The majority of the 50,000 water systems in the U.S. are small systems that serve less than 3,000 people (81.3% systems serve less than 3,300 people). Small water systems that ...
Water Infrastructure Law A Victory for Governors
Ports, Waterways and Clean, Safe Drinking Water Bolstered “The National Governors Association (NGA) applauds the signing of S. 3021, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The new law provides much ...
NGA Helping Governors Catch Up to the Speed of 21st Century Transportation
WASHINGTON -- The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) is launching a Transportation Learning Network to directly engage governors and their staff in exploring new approaches and ...
Governors Praise Completion of Long-Term FAA Reauthorization and Disaster Relief
The Executive Director and CEO of the National Governors Association (NGA), Scott Pattison, released the following statement regarding H.R. 302, the Federal Aviation Agency Reauthorization Act of 2018. The National ...
Proposed FCC Rule on Small Cell Deployment
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures regarding preemption of state authority in the Commission’s proposed Declaratory Ruling ...
Urging Action on Critical Programs Set to Expire
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging action on critical programs set ...
