January 30, 2017 6:11PM # Heritage Forum: Trump and Infrastructure By [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards) --- SHARE On Friday, the Heritage Foundation hosted a panel of experts to discuss prospects for infrastructure policy during the Trump administration. You can [watch the event on C‑SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/video/?422872-1/discussion-focuses-president-trumps-infrastructure-agenda). I discussed why infrastructure activities should be devolved to the states and private sector, and why the Trump plan to subsidize equity investments in infrastructure is not a good approach. There were numerous points of agreement on the panel, which included Michael Sargent of Heritage, Robert Puentes of the Eno Center, and Marc Scribner of CEI. We all favored greater private investment in traditionally public infrastructure, and we all agreed that the Trump administration should put a high priority on air traffic control reform this year. I make the case for [privatizing air traffic control in a new op-ed in *The Hill*](http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/316943-trump-should-seize-aviation-opportunity). ![Media Name: at_heritage.png](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/at_heritage.png?itok=frLhIiSy) ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy), [Department of Transportation](https://www.cato.org/department-transportation), [Downsizing Government](https://www.cato.org/downsizing-government) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).