infrastructure

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That is not necessarily what it would cost to bring the infrastructure up to date, but it offers a snapshot of the magnitude of the repairs local governments will need to address in coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

A new study aims to put a dollar figure on the total wear and tear on the country’s urban infrastructure, and arrives at $1.03 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The difficulty of determining exactly when infrastructure will need to be updated is part of the reason the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has so far declined to define future infrastructure costs as a liability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Philadelphia is considering spending $1.5 billion in city funds over the next six years to improve its aging infrastructure, said Rob Dubow, the city’s finance director.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The scale of their constructions and their agriculture infrastructure required sophisticated civic and social organization.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz