What lies beneath, and then some

Add comment January 14th, 2009

We’ll be hearing even more about “infrastructure” in the coming weeks as a new president and probably a new governor (eventually) try to find funding to put people to work upgrading things.

Usually this term brings to mind streets, sewers and utilities, but that’s just part of the story. Here’s the Webster’s definition of “infrastructure”:

“A substructure or underlying foundation; especially, the basic installations and facilities on which the continuance and growth of a community, state, etc., depend, as roads, schools, power plants, transportation and communication systems, etc.”

Now that is a lot of stuff — and most of it needs fixing.