increase font size U.S. disasters show gaps in $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast's main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River. By David R. Baker and Keith LaingBloomberg Share Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast’s main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River. The crises disrupted businesses and lives, cost billions and left more than 150 Texans dead. President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion infrastructure package wouldn’t necessarily have prevented any of those failures.