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Calling Pause In The Middle Of The Game
| 题名： | Calling Pause In The Middle Of The Game |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | Back in the bad old days of chronic underfunding and "fix as fail," it was frustratingly familiar to see the costs of crucial lock and dam projects balloon out of control as stop-start appropriations from Congress made planning and execution uncertain. Industry often argued that better, more consistent funding-"efficient" funding as we called it- would save money in the long run, and industry was proven right when Congress finally stepped up on Olmsted Lock and Dam, saving hundreds of millions of dollars of projected costs and completing the project more quickly. Uncertainty and delay costs money, and efficient funding saves money and delivers results. Thankfully, this year's budget request did not include any proposals for new inland waterways user fees-previously a common feature of budget requests. As we all know, lock and dam infrastructure has recently gotten two huge extra shots of funding, in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding from those two bills begins, at least, to address decades of under-investment. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 48 |
| 页码： | 6-6 |
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