and another forty nine billion on new school construction and capital development according to a two thousand and sixteen report by the twenty first century school fund the center for green schools and national. council on school facilities it would cost roughly one hundred forty five billion annually to maintain and modernize school buildings and this deficit is bound to grow because the number of students is growing between one nine hundred ninety four and two thousand and thirteen the student population grew by nearly five million requiring an additional thirteen thousand k. to twelve schools by two thousand and twenty six in rome and is projected at fifty one point four million students that's about one point five million more than right now with the problem obviously getting bigger and the many recent stories of school will some are hoping that the president will be persuaded to make an investment in education infrastructure sooner than later reporting for r.t. i'm alex mileage and. while we already took a look at roads in a previous episode we get back on the road another way our due diligence as. you see them all over the road on highways freeways and squeezing through tight streets with preci