http://www.newamerica.net/people/content/1113/all All content by a given person, mainly for RSS feed en http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2007/sustaining_infrastructure_success_6153 <div class="teaser-content"> <p>In the wake of infrastructure related tragedies that struck Minnesota and New Orleans, political leaders have demonstrated once again that they do not understand the benefits of public investment. Mistakenly seeing only the financial burden of public investment and ignoring the future returns, they have failed to allocate enough public funds to adequately repair America’s roads, bridges, railways and electric grids. As a consequence, America is stopped short of reaching its full economic potential.</p><p>The costs of our crumbling infrastructure include wasted fuel, traffic delays and clogged ports. Congestion on America’s roads results in losses between $70 to 78 billion every&hellip; <a href="/publications/articles/2007/sustaining_infrastructure_success_6153">more</a></div><!-- /.teaser-content --> Samuel Sherraden Washingtonpost.com Economic Growth Program Economic Growth Energy &amp; Environment Public Infrastructure Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:34:00 -0400 Articles 6153 at http://www.newamerica.net