In his speech this week from Jacksonville, FL, President Obama called again for an increase in infrastructure investment in order to modernize our ports, roads and rail and create jobs. President Obama Talks Infrastructure at the Jacksonville Port on July 25, 2013
In addition, the Brookings Institute at the end of 2012 released a report entitled “Setting Priorities, Meeting Needs: The Case for a National Infrastructure Bank“
This picture gives a true depiction of how real this problem is and that we will have to address it.