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Infrastructure

Last Updated February 20, 2018

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The state of America’s crumbling infrastructure is well-documented. The problem is much worse in distressed communities that lack the tax base to improve roads, expand high-speed broadband, or provide students with a quality education. Without those building blocks of economic growth, the prospects of attracting new businesses are dim.

While the NMTC was not designed to fix infrastructure, its flexibility provides mayors with a variety of options to finance projects that rebuild or improve public infrastructure. Of the more than 5,000 NMTC projects to date, the NMTC Coalition has identified more than 500 projects (10 percent) that involve the direct financing of infrastructure, including:

  • 397 new or rehabilitated schools
  • 92 transportation, freight, parking, or public transit projects
  • 31 public waste management or recycling facilities
  • 8 projects rebuilding or enhancing port facilities
  • 6 waterwater treatment projects
  • 5 rural broadband expansions

Indirect infrastructure financing

Because many NMTC projects are enormous, multi-faceted redevelopment efforts, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact dollar figure that supports infrastructure. About half of NMTC projects include Community Benefits Agreements, and these agreements often require NMTC-financed businesses to support street-scape improvements, road and utility investments, and other secondary infrastructure spending.

Other than direct financing, another way the NMTC indirectly supports infrastructure is by building and stabilizing the tax base for cash-strapped municipalities. As the NMTC Coalition has documented, the program generates hundreds of millions in state and local tax revenue each year. Cities, counties, and towns can put this new revenue back into schools, roads, and other improvements.

Stories

Below find a collection of infrastructure stories. We plan to update this page regularly, so please send your stories to paul@rapoza.org.

New or Rehabilitated Schools

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Port and Freight Projects

Light Rail

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Wastewater Treatment

Laguna Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Project

The Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority recognized a great need to rehabilitate their water and wastewater infrastructure systems, which are very old and dilapidated and require extremely costly maintenance and repairs. Learn more…

Lake Point Reclamation

Years of rampant agricultural and commercial development in South Florida has had a significant pollution impact on the area’s water resources. While there have been a number of initiatives to “save” the Florida Everglades, a majority of restoration efforts failed due to lack of funds. Learn more….
2010

Athens, OH | 12th District

Solar energy provider, SolarVision, LLC, is making it possible for schools, municipalities and businesses to take advantage of the…