decaying infrastructure

collocation in English

meaningsofdecayandinfrastructure

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decay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈkeɪ/us
/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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infrastructure
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to ...
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(Definition ofdecayandinfrastructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Clearly, outdated industrial buildings, inadequate sites anddecayinginfrastructureadd to the deepening pool of dereliction.
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We must build more new houses and renew ourdecayinginfrastructure.
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It gradually inherited thousands of bad houses, decaying schools and adecayinginfrastructurebecause wealth was leaving the city.
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We often have adecayinginfrastructure.
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Lack of investment over the past 25 years has left us with adecayinginfrastructureand no clear direction.
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Beyond that, any surplus must surely be used to finance investment in ourdecayinginfrastructurerather than to reduce personal taxation.
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All of us who live or work here have seen the result of that strategic neglect: adecayinginfrastructure, worsening air quality and a growing division between rich and poor.
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We have adecayinginfrastructure.
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In the 1970s and 1980sdecayinginfrastructureand the withdrawal of subsidies brought the future of the line into doubt.
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Thisdecayinginfrastructureis endemic across the northern sea route and makes the supply route unreliable.
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The decline in traffic, coupled with increased maintenance costs and adecayinginfrastructure, led to the abandonment of the railroad in 1930.
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