Industry Applauds Senate Passage of $1 Trillion Bill to Modernize US Transportation

Transport Topics

By Eugene Mulero

August 10, 2021

Legislation aimed at modernizing the country’s mobility networks, freight corridors and transit systems gained approval in the U.S. Senate on Aug. 10.

After weeks of bipartisan negotiations, senators voted 69-30 to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1 trillion measure consisting of President Joe Biden’s signature infrastructure and climate change proposals from his “build back better” agenda.

The legislation would dedicate about $550 billion in new funds to ameliorate highways, bridges, tunnels and a transportation system in need of major upgrades, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

For specific programs, the bill would devote about $100 billion for roads and bridges, $66 billion for freight and passenger rail, $65 billion for broadband internet, $46 billion for severe weather-resilience, or climate change, operations, $39 billion for transit and $25 billion for airports.

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