Report Summary September 28, 2007
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Aging Infrastructure
Is neglected maintenance putting Americans in danger?

Since 2007, the United States has avoided catastrophic infrastructure failures such as the 2005 collapse of the dikes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina or the I-35 West bridge collapse in Minneapolis two years later. But analysts say smaller failures continue and significant safety hazards exist. Meanwhile, the price tag for bringing America's infrastructure up to acceptable levels has risen by. . . .

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Aging infrastructure. (2007, September 28). CQ Researcher, 17, 793-816. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
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Document URL: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2007092815


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