Infrastructure Renewal: The Need for Political Leadership
Publication: Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 8, Issue 4
Abstract
In past times of critical national need, presidents have used major, once-in-a-generation types of initiatives to marshal the assets of the country and overcome whatever crisis may have been impacting the nation. It has been decades since such a presidential initiative has been announced, and the situation the country is in begs for such presidential leadership. The renewal of the nation’s infrastructure is certainly a significant national need and must be part of such an initiative; infrastructure renewal must be part of a broader approach that encompasses two of the nation’s most critical issues: energy independence and climate change. Addressing these two issues will require the mobilization and improvement of all of the country’s assets, both physical and intellectual. The renewal of the nation’s infrastructure will have to be part of this mobilization and improvement. Without a rebuilding of the nation’s infrastructure, from schools to highways to water treatment plants, the goals of energy independence and reduced greenhouse gas production will never be met.
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National Academy of Science. (2007). Rising above the gathering storm, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.
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Kevin Womack is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University in Logan, and chair of the ASCE National Transportation Policy Committee. He has also served as an ASCE Congressional Fellow. Dr. Womack can be reached via e-mail at [email protected]
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Published online: Oct 1, 2008
Published in print: Oct 2008
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