'It's an American issue,' Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke visits RMNP, discusses infrastructure agenda

On a bright morning at Rocky Mountain National Park, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke gathered with park officials at the construction site of a water pipeline that will feed into the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center upon completion.

"This is one of the many examples of infrastructure that people just don't think about when they go through the front gate," Zinke said.

Zinke and his administration hope to bring awareness to the need for maintenance and upkeep that often get delayed on federal lands.

"Our parks, as many of you may know, are $11.7 billion behind in infrastructure, most of that roads," Zinke said. "It's not a Republican or a Democrat issue, it's an American issue."

The need to address construction projects like the water pipeline is just one of many infrastructure related issues the Department of the Interior hopes to tackle with the help of Congress.

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