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By David Shepardson
March 1, 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will tell a U.S Senate committee on Wednesday that the Biden administration recognizes the role of states in deciding how to prioritize using federal highway funds. Many Senate Republicans have criticized a December memo from the Federal Highway Administration that deemphasizes projects that increase highway capacity. "Different states and communities have different needs when it comes to transportation assets that have to be reconfigured and modernized, expanded and added, or retired and replaced, as appropriate," Buttigieg said in his written testimony, which was seen by Reuters. "I want to make clear that we recognize and value the role of the states in deciding how to prioritize the use of formula dollars, as laid out in the law." The $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law in November provides an additional $110 billion in funding over five years to repair roads and bridges and support transformational projects.
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