GSCW chat: Challenges ahead for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law

This fireside chat recap is from Day 5 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Funding challenges for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law.

DETAILS: Now that the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is signed into law, the real work begins: getting formula money to the states quickly and issuing competitive grants. But what are the challenges of getting projects completed so that they can improve supply chain efficiency, and how will they be prioritized?...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-challenges-ahead-for-the-12-trillion-infrastructure-law

Bridge collapse welcomes Biden to Pittsburgh

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed hours before President Biden was expected to arrive there on Friday to deliver remarks on “strengthening the nation’s supply chains,” according to the White House.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which Biden signed in November, is to be the main topic of his speech Friday afternoon at Carnegie Mellon University, just miles from where the accident occurred along Forbes Avenue, a four-lane road considered a main artery through the city.

Watch: Drone footage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bridge-collapse-welcomes-biden-to-pittsburgh

Top 10 states winning Biden’s bridge-fixing windfall

California will take home the biggest share of the $27 billion federal bridge repair and replace program, the first highway infrastructure funding package to be rolled out under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

StateFive-year funding
California$4,246,868,525
New York$1,892,071,670
Pennsylvania$1,635,892,965
Illinois$1,374,037,635
New Jersey$1,147,100,410
Massachusetts$1,126,280,955
Louisiana$1,013,282,645
Washington$605,063,355
Michigan$563,136,760
Connecticut

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-10-states-winning-bidens-bridge-fixing-windfall

Freight projects fall victim to Capitol Hill stalemate

Long-term investments aimed at unclogging freight bottlenecks and reducing wait times for the nation’s truckers are being put on hold as state transportation departments weigh new risks caused by the stalemate on Capitol Hill over infrastructure funding.

After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., failed on Friday to secure the support necessary to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan “roads and bridges” infrastructure package, lawmakers were forced instead to approve a 30-day extension of surface...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freight-projects-fall-victim-to-capitol-hill-stalemate

Highways, ports get $2B boost in Biden infrastructure deal

A bipartisan group of senators negotiating with President Joe Biden boosted new funding for highway and port infrastructure each by $1 billion from an initial framework announced in June, according to a new fact sheet released by the White House.

The “Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal” announced on Wednesday increases new funds for roads, bridges and major projects from $109 to $110 billion, with port infrastructure investment increasing from $16 billion to $17 billion.

The $550 billion in total new...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/highways-ports-get-2b-boost-in-biden-infrastructure-deal

Feds award $275 million to ease truck congestion

Highway expansion projects aimed at improving the flow of truck freight in seven parts of the country will collect roughly $275 million from federal coffers in the latest round of discretionary grants awards.

The projects account for approximately 30% of the $905 million awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) 2021 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grants, which were also awarded to port and rail projects.

“These timely investments in our infrastructure will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-award-275-million-to-ease-truck-congestion

Biden strikes deal on $1.2 trillion infrastructure package

President Joe Biden agreed on Thursday to a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that has support from 21 Republican and Democratic senators but has yet to pass scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

“We’ve struck a deal,” Biden tweeted on Thursday after meeting with a group of 10 senators at the White House. However, “there is plenty of work ahead to bring this home,” he told reporters after unveiling the plan at the White House.

“It’s going to require hard work and collaboration. The committee chairs [in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/biden-strikes-deal-on-1-trillion-infrastructure-package

White House cuts size of infrastructure package by almost 25%

The White House sliced nearly 25% off its $2.25 trillion, 10-year infrastructure package, bargaining down to $1.7 trillion in an effort to negotiate with Senate Republicans who offered their own $568 billion, five-year package in April.

“In our view this is the art of seeking common ground,” said White House spokesperson Jen Psaki during a press conference on Friday. “This proposal seeks a willingness to come down in size, giving in on some areas that are important to the president while also...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-house-cuts-size-of-infrastructure-package-by-almost-25

Republicans spotlight bridge repair in $400B highway bill

Republicans unveiled a $400 billion, five-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs that emphasizes bridge repair and speeding up the timeline for approving infrastructure projects.

The Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, & Efficient Review (STARTER) Act 2.0, crafted by Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, contains most of the provisions included in the STARTER Act proposed by Republicans in 2020.

Democrats plan to release...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/republicans-spotlight-bridge-repair-in-400b-highway-bill

Republicans to White House: Limit infrastructure spending to roads and bridges

As the Biden administration looks ahead to the “recovery” portion of its Build Back Better plan while the $1.9 billion COVID-19 relief bill is considered in the Senate, Republicans are drawing a line across the road when it comes to infrastructure investment.

After a White House meeting Thursday that included President Joe Biden and Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, the ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/republicans-to-white-house:-limit-infrastructure-spending-to-roads-and-bridges

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