President Trump's national infrastructure plan announced Monday that calls for a $1.5 trillion investment in roads, bridges and the rest of America's crumbling infrastructure, provides for about $200 billion in federal funds.
The remainder of dollars would have to come from state, local and private sources.
For the Shenandoah Valley, the good infrastructure plan news includes funding to help with the maintenance backlog in the national parks, including Shenandoah National Park, where there is a $56 million maintenance backlog.
However, a couple of local government officials and one of Virginia's U.S. senators interviewed expressed doubt about the trickle down of the funding for pressing Shenandoah Valley transportation needs, such as Interstate 81.
