U.S. governors send 428-project list for Trump’s infrastructure plan

Donald Trump speaking to Congress U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks during the 2017 "Congress of Tomorrow" Joint Republican Issues Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

(Reuters) – U.S. governors on Wednesday sent the Trump administration a list of 428 “shovel-ready” projects they regard as high-priority for President Donald Trump’s plan to fix the nation’s infrastructure.

The list of projects cover 49 U.S. states and territories, the bipartisan National Governor’s Association said in an e-mail. The NGA will not be making the final list publicly available.

The NGA had said on Jan. 23 that it had, at the request of the White House, assembled a list of 300 projects costing billions of dollars from 43 states and territories, with more expected to come.

Trump’s Presidential campaign throughout last year included a promise to pursue a $1 trillion infrastructure program, which would come at a time when major public works projects are crumbling.

The American Society of Civil Engineers’ infrastructure report card has estimated the United States needs to invest $3.6 trillion by 2020.

(Reporting by Akankshita Mukhopadhyay in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)

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