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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How States are Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure Information
Protecting the electric grid is becoming more complex as the size of the grid continues to grow, and cybersecurity threats are increasing in number and becoming more sophisticated. To meet ...
The State of Infrastructure: Governors 2026 Priorities
Infrastructure forms the invisible backbone of modern civilization, enabling everything from the water that flows through our taps to the electricity powering our devices, the roads connecting our communities, and ...
Red Tape and Rising Demand: Governors Talk Energy
At the 2026 Winter Meeting, Politico reporter Josh Siegel moderated a discussion with Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong, U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and ...
Utilizing Existing Right-of-Way to Deploy Transmission and other Linear Infrastructure
On November 4, 2025, the National Governors Association (NGA) convened a roundtable to discuss key issues and solutions associated with utilizing transportation right-of-way (ROW) for energy transmission, fiberoptics, and other linear infrastructure projects. The convening was held in partnership with, and funded by, the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...
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
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 ...
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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
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 ...
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 ...
NGA Convenes First Regional Project Delivery Workshop for Southeastern States and Territories
As dollars begin to flow from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), CHIPS and Science Act and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and Governors and their staff increasingly focus ...
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
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
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
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 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
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 ...
