The Harlow Report-GIS
2023 Edition
ISSN 0742-468X
Since 1978
On-line Since 2000
first published week of: 05/08/2023
How Local Governments Can Rise to the Infrastructure Complexity Challenge
by William D. Eggers and Kevin Pollari
To take advantage of the federal government’s $2 trillion in investments, municipalities must think big, start small and scale fast.
The federal government is investing nearly $2 trillion in American infrastructure and competitiveness through three historic efforts: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Taken together, these laws represent a uniquely difficult execution challenge, not only for the federal government, but for local governments across the country. By recognizing some of these challenges in advance, county and municipal leaders can adopt strategies to help them realize the ambitious goals of these programs.
The first step is to recognize the complexity of the task ahead. This nearly $2 trillion competitiveness agenda will contend with challenges of scale, accountability and complexity.
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