Issue Position: Infrastructure

Issue Position

I have called Union County home for nearly 20 years. I have seen the tremendous population growth across our community during that time. The population across the county will have doubled from 2000 to 2020, increasing from 125,000 to an estimated 250,000 people. Our roads and infrastructure have severely lagged behind. It is quite obvious when we commute to work, drive our kids to practice, or even just run to the grocery store. Union County desperately needs increased funding and prioritization for our critical infrastructure projects. We must work together, at the state, county and municipal levels, to address our immediate needs and to plan for future growth. For years, we have approached infrastructure as a reaction. Not only is this irresponsible, it is obviously failing. We must be proactive and work diligently to remove the red tape in improving infrastructure and explore all alternative methods to give us more local control to address this critical area.

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