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原文传递 Waterways will benefit from infrastructure deal

题名：	Waterways will benefit from infrastructure deal
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Pamela Glass
摘要：	The roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package that was headed toward passage in early August in the Senate would provide a sizable boost to funding for locks and dams along the nation's inland waterways, allowing completion of many languishing projects and the start of others that have been in the queue for years. The bipartisan deal finalized in August between the White House and Republican and Democratic senators would provide much-needed funds to also shore up the nation's aging roads, airports, bridges, pipes and treatment plants, ports and internet connections. For inland waterways, where the majority of locks and dams are more than 50 years old and require constant and costly repairs that slow down water commerce, the plan would allocate $2.5 billion for new and ongoing construction, according to Tracy Zea, president and CEO of the Waterways Council Inc., which advocates for waterways improvements. The package would also provide $4 billion for operation and maintenance of inland infrastructure and dredging, which could help inland ports.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	78
期：	9