This report will detail the need for both a national infrastructure bank and a planning council, explain how they each would work, and examine how they would address the specific failings of our current system of infrastructure investment. We will consider existing policy proposals for creating an infrastructure bank and will note which fac- ets of these plans still require significant attention from policymakers. Finally, we will put forward a number of suggestions for immediate action to lay the groundwork for a national infrastructure bank and an infrastructure planning council. The United States simply cannot wait any longer to address our crumbling.
