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.

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Governors Lead the Charge On Building America’s Infrastructure

Governors Lead the Charge On Building America’s Infrastructure

Governors from across the country have long recognized the importance of infrastructure as a foundation of community well-being and economic growth, and 2025 was no exception. This year, states and ...
Fall 2025 Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Workshop

Fall 2025 Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Workshop

The National Governors Association (NGA) held its Fall 2025 Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Workshop November 4-6, in Washington, D.C. This meeting brought together over 30 Governors’ infrastructure coordinators and advisors from ...
Telecom Infrastructure Vandalism and Public Safety Impacts

Telecom Infrastructure Vandalism and Public Safety Impacts

Vandalism of telecommunications networks is a growing problem, driven by theft of copper and fiber optic cables for scrap metal. More than 800 incidents are reported each month. That’s 27 ...
Governors Champion Unity and Excitement Ahead of Hosting World Cup and Olympics

Governors Champion Unity and Excitement Ahead of Hosting World Cup and Olympics

WASHINGTON – Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Vice Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore released the following statement: “As the United States prepares to welcome ...
Permitting Progress

Permitting Progress

“Permitting reform is one of those issues where both Republicans and Democrats recognize the problem, we largely agree on solutions, and Congress gets close year after year to doing something ...
Governor Armstrong Advocates Transportation Priorities in Senate Testimony

Governor Armstrong Advocates Transportation Priorities in Senate Testimony

Washington, DC – North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Wednesday. In a hearing titled “Constructing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization ...

Infrastructure 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

  • Glenn Grimshaw, Program Director
  • Richard Lukas, Legislative Director
  • Alexis Howard, Legislative Associate
  • Alex Sherwood, Policy Coordinator

Initiatives

Infrastructure: Foundation For Success was the 2019-2020 Chair’s Initiative of Gov. Larry Hogan.

Infrastructure Library

Governors Implement: On the Road to Infrastructure in Connecticut

Governors Implement: On the Road to Infrastructure in Connecticut

Governor Ned Lamont On November 17, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont hosted local officials and infrastructure stakeholders from around Connecticut to discuss implementation of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act ...
September Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop

September Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop

On September 12 to 14, 2023, National Governors Association hosted its fifth Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop in Washington, D.C. This convening brought together Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators and Advisors from over ...
Strategies to Address Engineering Workforce Challenges

Strategies to Address Engineering Workforce Challenges

Public and private sector practitioners highlight best practices to meet generational infrastructure moment. (Download) Passage of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in late 2021 was a ...
Energy and Infrastructure Permitting

Energy and Infrastructure Permitting

Governors are leading efforts to overcome multiple siting, permitting, and regulatory challenges that pose significant barriers to effective energy and infrastructure deployment ...
Governors’ Actions to Accelerate Infrastructure Projects – 2023 NGA Annual Meeting

Governors’ Actions to Accelerate Infrastructure Projects – 2023 NGA Annual Meeting

Governors are working together across party lines and state lines on common sense solutions to safely speed up the process to deliver energy and infrastructure benefits nationwide. The enactment of ...
Infrastructure Project Permitting Workshop

Infrastructure Project Permitting Workshop

Improving the permitting process for the delivery of infrastructure projects has come to the fore of late, particularly in the context of recent generational infrastructure investments like the bipartisan Infrastructure ...
Expanding the Broadband Workforce: How Three States are Preparing for Equitable Broadband Deployment 

Expanding the Broadband Workforce: How Three States are Preparing for Equitable Broadband Deployment 

The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is providing states with unprecedented amounts of funding to deploy broadband infrastructure, improve affordability and ensure meaningful adoption in communities. Governors are ...
State and Local Government Organizations urge Passage of the railway safety act of 2023

State and Local Government Organizations urge Passage of the railway safety act of 2023

The Honorable Chuck SchumerMajority LeaderUnited States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Republican LeaderUnited States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senate Leaders: On behalf of the National Governors ...
Governors Announce Bipartisan Permitting Vision to Accelerate Project Delivery

Governors Announce Bipartisan Permitting Vision to Accelerate Project Delivery

WASHINGTON – Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released the following statement as Co-Chairs of the Energy and Infrastructure ...
Infrastructure Coordinator Quarterly Workshop

Infrastructure Coordinator Quarterly Workshop

From May 16 to 18, 2023, NGA hosted its Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop in Washington D.C. With $37 billion in funding for resilience programs in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ...
Broadband Leaders Workshop

Broadband Leaders Workshop

On Monday, April 24 to Wednesday, April 26, NGA convened, in partnership with Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo’s Office of Science Innovation and Technology, its Broadband Leaders Workshop in Las Vegas ...
American Infrastructure Investment Forum

American Infrastructure Investment Forum

As infrastructure funding begins to flow from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Governors look to combine federal funds with existing and new state and territorial capital ...
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