Transportation
Trump's $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Has New Reason for Skepticism
A lawsuit now alleges the president’s advisory council was convened illegally.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday against President Trump alleges that his infrastructure advisory council—tasked with hammering out the details of his $1 trillion plan to rebuild roads, bridges, and waterways—was convened illegally, in violation of federal disclosure law.
It’s another reason for skepticism around Trump’s much-touted, little seen “great national infrastructure program,” marketed as a jobs-creating New Deal for 2017. The list of reasons for concern is mounting: