First Long-Term Highway Bill in a Decade Signed into Law
January 4, 2016
On December 5, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act into law. The conference report was approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by a vote of 359-65 and an equally impressive tally of 83-16 in the Senate. A comprehensive five year/$305 billion surface transportation authorization, this law is the culmination of a decade of 36 short-term extensions. NSPE has long urged Congress to pass a long-term infrastructure bill. The passage of the FAST Act will enable PEs to properly plan, design, implement, construct, operate and maintain our nation’s infrastructure systems without lurching from one-short-term extension to another. NSPE lauds Congress for finally enacting a long-term bill that will benefit the public health, safety and welfare. – See more at: http://www.nspe.org/resources/issues-and-advocacy/latest-news/first-long-term-highway-bill-decade-signed-law#sthash.HiWcrQix.dpuf