Charlie Ban | National Association of Counties
Counties stand to receive a healthy infusion of funding to address bridges under the surface transportation bill, BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870) passed May 22 on a bipartisan basis by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The five-year reauthorization includes a total of $580 billion, $30 billion more than 2021’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Estimates show that counties and other local governments will have access to 22 percent of funding in the bill, through formula set-asides, suballocation and discretionary grant opportunities, adding up to a 270% increase in funding for county-owned bridges, which could not come too soon, because more than 40,000 county-owned bridges are structurally deficient.
The bill, sponsored by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), would also protect the Safe Streets for All and PROTECT grant programs, both of which are prized by counties.
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