This summer, Congress and the White House have been hammering out an infrastructure agreement which—though far from a done deal—could result in nearly $600 billion in new federal dollars for roads, bridges, and railways. It is urgently needed: the last such bill, passed in 2015 during the Obama administration, was small—and today we are driving on potholed highways and dangerously cracked bridges, more than 7 percent of which are considered structurally deficient.
The Senate legislation now being developed is meant to earmark more than $100 billion for rail and mass transit, too; and $200 billion for water, sewer, and power upgrades. It would even include $65 billion for broadband internet infrastructure, desperately required in rural and other underserved communities, as well as $47 billion for climate resilience.
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