Trump Reverses Course on Relying on Private Money for Roads
- President makes comments in meeting with House members
- Private investment has been pillar of Trump’s rebuilding plan
Highway construction between near Portsmouth, Ohio, on July 26, 2017.
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President Donald Trump appeared to reverse course on a key element of his $1 trillion infrastructure plan, telling lawmakers in a closed meeting that public-private partnerships aren’t the solution for building and repairing the nation’s highways, bridges and ports.
In a meeting Tuesday to discuss his plan to overhaul U.S. taxes, Trump told Republicans and Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee that such projects don’t work, according to Democrats Brian Higgins of New York and Terri Sewell of Alabama, who attended the session.