On Tuesday, July 30, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously approved a five-year surface transportation reauthorization measure spanning FY 2021 through 2025. The America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA) (S. 2302) authorizes $287 billion in funding from the Highway Trust Fund for the nation’s highway surface transportation programs over five years, representing a roughly 27 percent increase over the levels authorized in the previous legislation, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015, which is set to expire in September 2020.
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Contributed by: NACo