As the federal government has scaled back its investments in transportation and other infrastructure projects over the years, states and localities have quietly picked up the slack.
And while President Trump pledged to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure during the 2016 campaign, voters across America approved $225 billion for a variety of transportation ballot measures in that same election.
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