washington u.s. president donald trump administration tell state local officials wednesday use infrastructure plan create incentives private sector finance take public entities like bridge tunnel highways transportation secretary elaine chao white house budget director mick mulvaney tell 150 transportation officials white house administration want private sector play big role manage finance public infrastructure mulvaney say administration want give state cities incentives move stuff might book private sector say would result state cities get money new stuff administration say want spend 200 billion infrastructure 10 years amount administration hop encourage another 800 billion infrastructure investment private sector offer detail plan administration need congressional approval members congress party expect take issue 2018 large piece package go wrap around incentives mulvaney say say incentives work well densely populate urban areas airport bridge tunnel port project hard rural areas private sector-backed project cite lack potential cash flow mulvaney say example bridge rural area would less traffic potentially less likely candidate private fund say administration plan target fund solely rural infrastructure project may work private sector-backed project chao say plan yet final say state cities secure private-sector finance give higher-priority access new federal fund democrats want direct federal spend senate democratic leader charles schumer point trump budget unveil may cut 206 billion infrastructure spend across several cabinet departments include 96 billion plan highway trust fund spend 200 billion lot trillion still want smart mulvaney say three-prong infrastructure plan also include back big transformative project mulvaney say trump want look new ways build bridge tunnel port president interest try find transformative infrastructure technology close ready market mulvaney say white house want help state cities offload infrastructure