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Biden: Major Infrastructure Plan Is on the Way

By Bruce Buckley, Tom Ichniowski, Pam McFarland
Biden Harris

Biden says plan will have “historic investments in infrastructure along with manufacturing, research and development and clean energy.”

AP Photo/Matt Slocum

January 20, 2021

The Biden administration’s legislative ideas are coming into sharper focus, starting with a $1.9-trillion coronavirus “rescue” plan that includes only a small list of construction-related provisions. But what has captured construction executives’ interest is the second item on incoming President Joe Biden’s Capitol Hill agenda: an economic recovery proposal due in February that Biden says will “make historic investments in infrastructure, along with manufacturing, research and development and clean energy.” Keep reading on ENR.com.

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