Imo, the first step in infrastructure improvement/replacement should be a full and complete accounting on all the monies that were already allocated, and the taxes already collected for just that purpose that, for some reason, no longer exist.
Cities in Central Illinois have been using the federal road rebuilding funds to put in new bike lanes and bike paths.
Of course, that means the roads and bridges aren’t being fixed, but if enough people bike to work because of the new paved paths, roads won’t be needed, right?