The obvious solution here is for the federal government to have less of a role in infrastructure spending. It should only be infrastructure that is nationally or regionally strategic. The rest should be handled by the states. In turn the budget (and thus federal tax) should be reduced by this amount for the states to pick up with their own taxes. (Don't get me wrong I'm not a full libertarian states rights type person but in this case it's pretty cut and dry situation where states should handle their own infrastructure planning.)