Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv Breaking Down Walls: Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Infrastructure Investment     Email    Printer-Friendly Anthony Shorris, The Century Foundation, 11/20/2008 View the press release. View the Building a Stronger America Series. Download the report (PDF). A political consensus has developed in the United States that significantly increased spending on the nation’s aged infrastructure is necessary for America to remain prosperous. President-elect Barack Obama and the new congressional leadership have promised to push for major new investments in the nation’s transportation networks, water systems, broadband capabilities, electrical grid, and other public facilities. While supporting those investments, a new report from The Century Foundation makes clear that there are serious institutional barriers to the effective use of those funds that have to be overcome if we are to put the new dollars to use wisely. In this urgent report, the former executive director of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Anthony Shorris, identifies four major issues that need to be addressed to ensure that the nation gets the most bang for the vast infrastructure investments it needs to make. In “Breaking Down Walls: Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,” Shorris argues that institutional and cultural barriers are becoming as responsible for our infrastructure crisis as the legacy of inadequate funding. Download the report to learn more. Edition: online/paper    Copyright 2008 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430