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Trump and the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal

It’s all over but the shouting for the 2016 presidential election where Donald Trump pulled an upset win over Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Now what?

bridge-1031500_1920As far as the construction industry is concerned, there has been much talk about Trump’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan.  On the labor side, talk of such investment is the promise of new jobs.  But what how about the industry and business side?

ConstructionDive.com takes a look at some of the questions this ambitious infrastructure proposal comes with?

Mainly:

What are the tax credit implications? Or, just how are we going to pay for this?

Is this plan a larger move toward public-private partnerships?

If that’s the case for P3’s, will the public accept a larger private role in our national infrastructure?

Read more what industry experts have to say HERE. 

PaintSquare has a thing or two to say about it HERE as well.