What traditionally has been a quantitative funding issue for our nation's infrastructure has now become a qualitative policy issue. In other words, fighting the perennial battle of getting more money from traditional sources won't suffice. The needs are great--and getting greater--and more money isn't coming.
Mineta emphasizes the shift in infrastructure funding from quantity to quality.
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