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Center for American Progress Briefs Reveal Costly, Unnecessary ‘White Elephant’ Transportation Projects, Highlight Lack of Accountability With Federal Transportation Funds

The beach in Panama City, Florida

The beach in Panama City, Florida, is seen on April 12, 2015. Source: AP/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  Three new briefs from the Center for American Progress analyze three infrastructure projects—or “white elephants”—that epitomize the worst of the United States’ current policy approach to infrastructure. With Congress undertaking only short-term highway bill extensions, the debate around transportation has focused very heavily on just funding—with not enough focus on policy, reform, or the outcomes…

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