Truckinginfo By David Cullen July 19, 2021
With most eyes riveted on the potential for a trillion dollars of infrastructure funding to flow out of the Senate, many in trucking may be unaware that the new highway bill passed on July 1 by the House is stirring concerns for some key stakeholders. As it currently stands, this reauthorization bill would spend $549 billion over five years on surface transportation improvements, including $343 billion on roads, bridges, and highway safety.
Since the bill sailed through the House on a mostly party-line vote, concerns have been voiced anew by associations representing the interests of state transportation department officials and the road-construction lobby, according to reporting by Politico.com.
Concerned about certain provisions aimed at counteracting climate change by pivoting away from some highway-building in favor of greater use of “greener” options like mass transit, these groups contend the bill would cut flexibility for decision-making by states while also assigning more control to cities over transportation projects.
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