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’ Broadband Investments are Creating Jobs
Governors are creating new and more equitable workforce development opportunities through broadband investments and new digital tools. by Timothy Schoonhoven, Loren Shimanek, and Jake Varn Closing the digital divide has ...
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National Governors Association Asks Congress to Swiftly Pass Funding Package
Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Vice Chairman Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey called on Congress to swiftly pass a federal funding measure ...
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Package
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act makes generational investments in priorities such as repairing roads and bridges, boosting transit and rail funds, electrifying vehicles, replacing lead pipes, ensuring broadband deployment, ...
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Governors Applaud Senate Infrastructure Vote, Urge Swift Action in House
Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Vice Chairman Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey released the following statement after the Senate voted 69-30 to ...
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Congress Encouraged to Provide Flexible Federal Funding for Infrastructure
Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas and Vice Chairman Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey released the following statement as Congress considers the bipartisan Infrastructure ...
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BUILD TO LAST
Governors are calling on Capitol Hill to:
- Create certainty and stability in long-term federal resources to ensure workforce and economic vitality through dedicated funding and financing.
- Fix and expand existing infrastructure and invest in resiliency and security to modernize it for future generations.
- Streamline project delivery, increase transparency, while achieving environmental protection.
- Embrace new practices and technologies that provide innovative solutions to traditional infrastructure needs.
Meet our Team
- Thomas Curtin, Program Director
- Jake Varn, Policy Analyst
Initiatives
Infrastructure: Foundation For Success was the 2019-2020 Chair’s Initiative of Gov. Larry Hogan.
Infrastructure Library
Governor Strategies to Expand Affordable Broadband Access
Access to high quality, affordable broadband unlocks access to commerce, remote work opportunities, remote and improved education, telehealth, intelligent agriculture, and more. (View/Download) Key Points Increasing access to the internet ...
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State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool Demonstration
The SRAP tool is meant to help Governors and their staff assess state resilience, identify gaps, and plan for disasters. Nov 16, 2020 NGA hosted a webinar to provide an ...
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Wastewater Testing to Track and Respond to COVID-19
State review of how wastewater COVID-19 surveillance programs are organized, deployed, and funded and how they plan to use the data to inform their response to COVID-19. Nov 4, 2020 02:00 PM Wastewater testing has been ...
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State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool
The State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool was created to help Governors and their staffs assess state resilience, identify gaps, and plan for natural and man-made disasters. Background | Vision/Goals ...
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Joint Letter on Water Resources Development Act Reauthorization
"We look forward to working with you to ensure the safety and modernization of our nation’s water infrastructure and water resources needs remain a top Congressional priority this year." October ...
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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
This webinar highlights state energy and infrastructure resilience solutions and funding opportunities through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program. 29 September 2020 Between ...
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Big 7 Letter Advocating 1-Year Extension of FAST Act
We urge Congress to pass a turnkey, one-year extension of the current surface transportation law, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, with increased investment levels, while also ensuring the solvency of ...
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Virtual State Policy Summit: Electric Vehicle Grid Integration
This three-day summit on electric vehicle grid integration allowed for governors’ policy staff to hear from experts and one another on the latest solutions, engage in peer-to-peer sharing, and discuss ...
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Gov. Hogan Releases Federal Priorities to Promote Infrastructure as Economic Foundation
Concluding his initiative as chair of the National Governors Association, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan released a series of principles intended to help strengthen the state-federal partnership on infrastructure, which is ...
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NGA 2020 Summer Meeting
Videos from the 2020 Virtual Summer Meeting with remarks from outgoing NGA Chair, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and incoming NGA Chair, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Also featuring three questions ...
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2020 NGA Transportation Policy Institute
Virtual Meeting | Jul 14-17, 2020 The National Governors Association’s (NGA) annual Governors’ Advisors Transportation Policy Institute is a unique event that brings together governors’ transportation policy staff to share ...
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Governors Discuss Private-Sector Partnerships to Advance Infrastructure Priorities
Six governors joined other state officials and private-sector stakeholders to explore partnerships to finance and maintain vital infrastructure, during the final stakeholder summit in support of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s ...
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