Labor unions have sent an $80 billion infrastructure wish list to President Trump, many of which are privately financed but would still need permits to move forward.
McClatchy reported more than half of the projects are completely privately financed and all but one have some amount of private financing involved. However, all of the projects are in the permitting process and the Building Trades Unions are hoping the administration can speed up the process.
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