The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.
For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.
The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.
Infrastructure projects create a lot of demand for material, services and manpower. It is a chain reaction; if the infrastructure growth slows down, it will hit overall demand. The supply side has to keep increasing to sustain growth.
The Society of American Civil Engineers, someone who's going to come in and say to the public, we've looked at, we've examined, we've reviewed the repairs and we think they're strong enough to withstand the type of hurricane that - that could hit the city this season.
To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.
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