SELECTED HISTORY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE,

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1 SELECTED HISTORY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, Great Wall of China Photo by Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, 2004, on International Space Station. NASA,

2 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers founded 1791, Pennsylvania began the first comprehensive state road program 1801, Philadelphia opens water system that pumps water through wooden mains (but major problems in the design persisted until 1822) 1803, The Louisiana Purchase 1806, Congress authorizes the first internal improvement, the National Road from Cumberland, Maryland on the Potomac River to Wheeling, Virginia on the Ohio River 1808, U.S. Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin issued Report on Roads and Canals 1811, Construction began on the National Road 1816, Erie Canal Commission created 1817, Construction began on 365-mile Erie Canal in New York 1820, Congress authorized extension of National Road to St. Louis (Mississippi River) 1824, Congress enacts the General Survey Act authorizing the Army Corps of Engineers to survey roads, canals, and later railroads 1837, Financial panic led to 1839 depression, and over next few years to several state governments defaulting on and/or repudiating debt 1840, Congress declines to fund National Road beyond Ohio 1842, New York City opened a water system designed around the Croton River dam, a covered aqueduct and city reservoir. 1848, Acquisition of Upper California by the United States 1851, Illinois chartered a municipal water system 1853, New York State authorized the purchase of 700 acres for what is now Central Park in New York City

3 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , Brooklyn opened the first public sewer system 1869, First transcontinental rail line connected at Promontory Point, Utah 1871, Great Chicago Fire destroyed four square miles of downtown property 1873, New York s Central Park opened 1889, Chicago Sanitary District created 1892, Lawrence (Massachusetts) Experiment Station created first water filtration facility 1893, U.S. Office of Road Inquiry established in U.S. Department of Agriculture 1895, Congress authorizes President to appoint Deep Waterways Commission to study the feasibility of building a deep-water canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean 1897, Boston subway opens 1900, Galveston, Texas destroyed by hurricane 1900, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal opens (reversed the flow of the Chicago River) 1902, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation established 1904, New York City subway opens 1904, U.S. takes control of the Panama Canal Zone area for $10 million to begin building the Panama Canal 1905, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads enacted 1906, San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires destroyed 500 city blocks 1907, Construction started on Catskill Aqueduct to provide water to New York City 1908, Hudson-Manhattan Railroad Tunnels open 1909, Manhattan Bridge opens 1911, Roosevelt Dam in Arizona is completed

4 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , Congress enacts federal income tax, exempting bonds issued by state and local governments 1913, 223-mile Las Angeles Aqueduct finished (the Owens Valley project) 1913, Excavation for Grand Valley Dam in Colorado begins 1914, Panama Canal opens 1915, Rocky Mountain National Park established 1916, Federal-Aid Road Act signed by President Woodrow Wilson 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia harbor explosion 1919, Canada Highway Act passes 1919, Quebec Bridge opens 1921, Interstate compact created the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 1924, Inland Waterways Corp. created 1924, Catskill Aqueduct, a 160-mile water canal to benefit New York City, was completed 1926, Air Commerce Act authorized the Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, to establish airports and operate air-navigation aids 1926, Route 66 officially designated 1926, Hurricane causes extensive flooding around Florida s Lake Okeechobee, causing 400 deaths 1927, New York s Holland Tunnel opens to traffic 1928, Hurricane causes extensive flooding around Florida s Lake Okeechobee, causing 2,000 deaths 1931, George Washington Bridge opens

5 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , Corps of Engineers start construction of the Herbert Hoover Dike around Florida s Lake Okeechobee to provide flood damage protection 1933, State of New York creates the Triborough Bridge Authority 1933, Construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco 1933, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) established 1933, U.S. Public Works Administration (PWA) created 1935, U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) created 1935, First parking meter installed in Oklahoma City 1935, Work begins on Appalachian Blue Ridge Parkway 1935, Hoover Dam dedicated 1935, Colorado River Aqueduct completed to provide water to Southern California 1936, Arizona created the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District 1936, Flood Control Act of 1936 enacted 1936, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens 1936, Triborough Bridge opens 1937, Golden Gate Bridge opens 1937, Bonneville Dam dedicated 1938, Work begins on Chicago s first subway 1940, Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses 1942, All-American Canal opens as the 80-mile aqueduct built by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to divert water from the Colorado River into the Imperial Valley of California 1942, Opening of the Grand Coolee Dam in the state of Washington 1942, Work begins on Alaskan Highway

6 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , The Pentagon opened with 17.5 miles of corridors 1944, Federal Aid Highway Act, authorized but did not fund interstate roads between cities 1946, New York expands scope of the Triborough Bridge Authority and renames it the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority 1948, Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission established 1948, Congress created the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project designed to control flooding, manage water supply, and address the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades 1949, Trans-Canada Highway Act passed 1950, Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens 1950, Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens 1952, New Jersey Turnpike opens 1954, Toronto subway opens 1956, Federal Aid Highway Act enacted, which created the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways 1957, Baltimore Harbor Tunnel opens 1958, National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) created 1959, 189-mile St. Lawrence Seaway opens 1961, President John F. Kennedy calls for putting a man on the moon 1962, Trans-Canada Highway opens 1963, O Hare Airport dedicated 1964, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel opens 1965, Water Quality Act enacted 1965, Houston Astrodome opened 1965, Solid Waste Disposal Act enacted

7 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , Montreal Metro subway opens 1966, Groundbreaking on the World Trade Center buildings owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 1967, President s Commission on Budget Concepts rejects call for capital budget 1968, U.S. Department of Transportation created 1969, Cuyahoga River in Cleveland catches fire due to heavy industrial pollution 1969, National Environmental Policy Act enacted, which created the Environmental Protection Agency 1969, Apollo 11 flight, first human walks on Moon 1969, Ground broken for DC Subway 1970, Urban Mass Transportation Act enacted 1970, First Earth Day celebrated 1970, One World Trade Center opened 1972, Two World Trade Center opened 1972, State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act enacted, creating the general revenue sharing program 1972, Water Pollution Control Act enacted 1972, Kansas City International Airport dedicated 1975, New York City declared moratorium on payment of debt due to fiscal problems 1980, William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport opened 1980, Baltimore s Inner Harbor redevelopment opened 1980, Sunshine Skyway Bridge near Tampa collapses after being hit by a freighter

8 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , Default of $2.25 billion in bonds for nuclear power plants issued by Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) 1984, Completion of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, a 234-mile federally-funded waterway linking the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River 1984, Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act enacted 1985, First part of Chicago s Tunnel and Reservoir Plan ( Deep Tunnel ) opened 1989, San Francisco-area Loma Prieta earthquake causes upper deck of I-830 to collapse 1990, Clean Air Act signed 1991, Construction started on Boston s Central Artery/Tunnel Project ( Big Dig ) 1993, Completion of the Central Arizona Project, a 336-mile canal in Arizona to divert water from the Colorado River into Central and Southern Arizona 1994, Los Angeles-area Northridge earthquake causes I-10 overpass to collapse 1995, Denver International Airport opened ($5 billion) 1998, Transportation Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act (TIFIA) enacted by Congress to offer credit assistance (that is, a subsidy through federal loans and loan guarantees) for project sponsors of highway, transit, intercity passenger facilities, freight rail and freight transfer facilities 1999, President s Commission to Study Capital Budgeting issues final report 1999, Governmental Accounting Standards Board issues Statement No. 34 that calls for reporting of infrastructure assets 1999, Province of Ontario, Canada, constructed and then leased the 65-mile long Highway 407 toll road in Toronto for 99 years to the highest bidder in an auction 2001, Both towers of the World Trade Center destroyed by terrorists using commercial airplanes

9 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , Privately-financed SR 91 express high occupancy toll [HOT] lanes, 10 miles of premiumpriced lanes built in the median of the Riverside Freeway in Orange County, California operating under a 35-year franchise, sold to a local government agency for $207 million 2004, Chicago leases the 7.8-mile Chicago Skyway toll road for 99 years in exchange for receiving a $1.83 billion upfront payment 2004, Chicago s Millennium Park opens 2005, Boston s Big Dig is completed 2005, Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans and the Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama coast 2006, Indiana leases the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road for 75 years in exchange for receiving a $3.85 billion upfront payment 2006, Virginia leases the Pocahontas Parkway for 99 years in exchange for a $611 million upfront payment 2007, Colorado s Northwest Parkway Authority leases the Northwest Parkway for 99 years in exchange for a $603 million upfront payment 2007, Interstate-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis 2007, Chicago leases the nation s largest underground parking system (four garages) for 99- years in exchange for $563 million in upfront payment 2008, Private firms start construction of 14 miles of two lanes in each direction of High Occupancy Toll [HOT] lanes in the median of the I-495 Capital Beltway in Fairfax, Virginia, with the $2 billion price financed by federal loan guarantee, municipal securities, state funds, and private equity, with expected completion in 2013

10 Lewis, Carol W. and W. Bartley Hildreth, Budgeting: Politics and Power, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press , President Obama signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), touted as the largest single public investment program since the beginning of the Interstate Highway program of the 1950s 2009, Chicago privatized its parking meter system in a 75-year lease in exchange for an upfront payment of $1.15 billion 2012, As of May, ARRA had paid out almost $756 billion, including $233 billion in contracts, grants, and loans 2012, Since the last long-term highway bill (signed in 2005) expired in 2009, short-term federal legislation continued to finance surface transportation Further Resources Reinhardt, William, The Role of Private Investment in Meeting U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Needs. Washington, DC: American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Seely, Bruce, The Saga of American Infrastructure. The Wilson Quarterly, Winter: Ward, Janet, Years of Public Works. American City & County, September: