By DEVIN DWYER and SARAH HERNDON, ABC News
(NEW YORK) As the curtain falls on 2020 and the Trump administration, America’s infrastructure system is mired in a financial crisis that the coronavirus pandemic is only making worse.
With fewer travelers at airports and on toll roads, the taxes and user fees that governments rely on to fund repairs aren’t coming in. Less rush-hour gridlock may be a pandemic silver lining, but fewer drivers are filling up and paying the gas taxes that help the Highway Trust Fund for repairs.
Cash-strapped local governments are putting some much-needed upgrades on hold or canceling them altogether.
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This story is part of America in Transition, a weekly series of in-depth reports on key parts of Donald Trump s legacy, Joe Biden s plans for change and what s at stake for all Americans. It airs Tuesday nights on ABC News Live Prime at 7 p.m. ET.
As the curtain falls on 2020 and the Trump administration, America s infrastructure system is mired in a financial crisis that the coronavirus pandemic is only making worse.
A year after breaking ground for Halley Rise, Brookfield Properties is still on schedule to finish the $1.4 billion project.
The 36-acre redevelopment project is set to open the first phase of its residential units in early 2022, and a Wegmans grocery store is expected to open before the end of 2022. Delivery of the first phase of offices for the project is expected in mid-2023, to align with market demand.
The mixed-use district in Reston is expected to be complete by 2026. Halley Rise will feature 1,500 residential units, 1.5 million square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail, five acres of public open space and new public streets and infrastructure.