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By 4StateAdmin
January 31, 2022
Nearly three months after President Joe Biden signed a roughly $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law, federal transportation officials say much of their work is on hold — stuck in limbo because of a congressional fight over federal spending.
The result is billions of dollars unable to be spent, blunting the immediate impact of one of Biden’s signature accomplishments.
“A significant portion of our highway, transit and safety programs are limited” by caps in the federal budget, said Carlos Monje Jr., the Transportation Department’s third-highest-ranking official. “Without congressional actions, we aren’t going to be able to move on many of the new programs funded in the bill.”
Among them is $1.2 billion to help reduce carbon emissions and $1.4 billion to protect roads and bridges against the effects of climate change.
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