My fellow Americans, we are the nation that built the Golden Gate bridge in four years and the Hoover dam in five.
Now it takes us much as a decade just to plan a major permit or a major infrastructure or anything even remotely major in our country.
And that's ridiculous.
And it's going to change.
This week I laid out a bold and exciting new vision for the infrastructure in America that will make our country faster safer and wealthier.
Frankly it will make our country greater.
For too long America has spent trillions and trillions of dollars building up other countries while our own country decade and our own people suffered.
Our highways and railways and airports and seaports have all been neglected and its holding our economy back but now our economy is starting to roar.
and it's time to rebuild our great nation.
and we have to think big, and think big again.
my new vision for American infrastructure will generate one trillion dollars in infrastructure investment were going to give states and localities more power to decide what projects get built and how they're funded.
And were going to get government out of the way by massively cutting the federal approval time for inductura projects of major nature so that infrastructure can build again.
We will also revolutionize air travel in America at a time when every passenger has GPS technology in their pockets, air traffic controllers rely on technology so outdated it's no longer manufactured.
Our controllers do a great job with the technology they have but all the flight delays and inefficiencies still cost our economy 25 billion dollars every single year were proposing moving our air traffic control system to a new self-finance nonprofit organization.
It won't need any tax payer money and the FAA will still be fully in charge of safety many other countries have done this and the results have been absolutely incredible.
Next we're going to revitalize the twelve thousand miles of inland waterways the life blood of the American heartland. Our agriculture, steel, and energy produces depend on these critical charters and a single tow boat can haul the same load as 1,000 eighteen-wheelers. We're going to fix our 50 year old system of locks and dams so American producers can get their products to market quickly, reliably and efficiently. In the coming weeks and months I will outline additional projects to rebuild American infrastructure
all of which can be achieved through my vision for a new partnership between Washington, states, and the private sector.
With the talent, skill, and drive of the American people there is no doubt to the beautiful future we can create together.
All it takes is a bold and daring vision and the will to make it real. America is going to build again, under budget and ahead of schedule. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless of America.