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Ian Explains: Will US infrastructure finally be fixed?
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Ian Explains: Will US infrastructure finally be fixed?

The truth is that bridges in America fall down all the time, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World. A 2022 report found that 43,000 US bridges are QUOTE “structurally deficient.” Things may be starting to change. On November 6, 2021, Congress passed the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill, which includes $550 billion dollars for America’s roads, bridges, mass transit, rail, airports, and ports.

The road to repair: Pete Buttigieg & crumbling US infrastructure
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The road to repair: Pete Buttigieg & crumbling US infrastructure

The richest country in the history of the world should be able to keep its infrastructure updated and its roads intact. Congress passed the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes $550 billion dollars for America’s roads, bridges, mass transit, rail, airports, and ports. On GZERO World, Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses what he has called "the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the Interstate highway system."