The draft, which can be viewed below, provides incentives for state and local governments - as well as private developers, metropolitan authorities, and regional authorities - to break ground on a range of different infrastructure products, including: Surface transportation, passenger rail, maritime and inland waterway ports, flood control, water supply, hydropower, water resources, drinking water facilities, storm water facilities as well as Brownfield and Superfund sites.
Applicants must show how they plan to attract non-federal funding to ensure that the projects are completed. They must also explain how the projects will spur economic growth.
Individual grant awards can't exceed 20% of total project costs and any individual state can't receive more than 10% of the amount available - which means most of these projects will be heavily dependent on private funding...
In light of New York City's struggles with its subway, the deteriorating New Jersey Transit system - one of the most heavily used public transit systems in the world - the elements of the plan pertaining to rail and transit projects were particularly interesting...
Critics complained that the plan lacked details, appeared thrown together, and relies too much on privatization to revitalize public roads and other public services...
Treasury yields spiked in early December when Bloomberg reported that Trump's infrastructure plan would be released before his Jan. 30 State of the Union.
This time, the leaked plan didn't have much of an impact on markets as stocks rallied following a Senate vote to reopen the government. Infrastructure stocks were conspicuously docile after the report.
Trump Infra Plan by zerohedge on Scribd
Comment: If indeed this plan shows a move toward privatization, it'll be a challenge for Trump to explain how this will make America great again. See also: