The phrase "a crumbling infrastructure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical structure, such as roads or bridges, that is deteriorating or in poor condition.
Example: "The city's budget cuts have led to a crumbling infrastructure, making it difficult for residents to navigate safely."
Alternatives: "deteriorating infrastructure" or "decaying infrastructure".
But many worry about a lack of skilled labor, a crumbling infrastructure and surprisingly high prices.
"We inherited a crumbling infrastructure, starved of funding; Victorian schools with rundown gyms, and thousands of playing fields sold off," Sutcliffe said.
I'll take a "nanny state" over the $1 trillion debacle in Iraq, billions wasted in New Orleans and a crumbling infrastructure.
And what will remain is a cresting worldwide recession, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a crumbling infrastructure, a rickety, unjust health-care system, melting polar ice caps — to say nothing of the crisis that comes from out of nowhere.
To ensure that a new board does not inherit an island with a crumbling infrastructure, the bill requires the state to help finance capital repairs, as well as new capital projects costing more than $250,000.
And what will remain is a cresting worldwide recession, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a crumbling infrastructure, a rickety, unjust health-care system, melting polar ice caps to say nothing of the crisis that comes from out of nowhere.
Most of the people are under 15, a population bulge that will put even more pressure on an already crumbling infrastructure.
SWORN IN AMID VIOLENCE Yemen's first new president in more than three decades, Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi, was sworn in, taking over the government of a country with a broken economy, crumbling infrastructure, violent separatist movements, an active Qaeda franchise and Islamist militants in control of large swaths of territory.
SANA, Yemen — Yemen's first new president in more than three decades was sworn in on Saturday, taking over a country with a broken economy, crumbling infrastructure, violent separatist movements, an active Qaeda franchise and Islamist militants in control of large swaths of territory.
Where once Californians dreamed of building a society that matched the magnificence of the state's landscape, in recent years we've settled instead for mountains of debt, disappearing jobs, D+ schools, greater public spending for prisons than higher education, and an outdated, crumbling infrastructure that emerging economies like China put to shame.
Now, NextDrop plans to expand to Bangalore, a city where crumbling infrastructure and a rapidly growing population make their task far more challenging.
