A leaked memo lists 50 ?emergency and national security? projects purported to total $137.5 billion It looks like the Trump administration is starting to get a clearer sense of how and where it will invest in infrastructure improvements.
According to documents obtained by reporters from two McClatchy newspapers, the Trump administration has compiled a list of roughly 50 projects across the nation, totaling $137.5 billion, that may get funding as part of a large-scale investment in the nation?s rails, roadways, bridges, ports, and airports. This news comes out on the same day the Senate Democrats outlined details of their own $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
The leaked list contains ?Emergency & National Security Projects,? according to a senior congressional aide, and would be funded via private-public partnerships. Many of the projects, ranging from airport and bridge updates and a number of mass transit expansions to energy projects like an Atlantic coast natural gas pipeline, were also on an earlier draft list assembled by the National Governors Association. The White House has yet to comment on the document.
Some of the projects on the list, along with potential cost and projected employment impact, include:

A $10 billion replacement for the nation?s radar-based air traffic control system, called NextGen, based on satellites, which would cost $10 billion and create 2,300 direct jobs

Gateway Project to reconstruct the Northeast Rail Corridor ...