Making smart choices about infrastructure policy can help address larger policy challenges, from transportation to technology to flood protection.
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America’s national parks are more popular than ever, but they’re facing serious challenges. Aging infrastructure and decades of underfunding have resulted in a backlog of maintenance repairs that is estimated at nearly $11.3 billion.
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Anne Stauffer
Director
Fiscal Federalism, Broadband Research, and Student Loan Research
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