The Norman Transcript
By Reese Gorman May 26, 2021
With the Senate still in deep negotiations about an infrastructure plan, Oklahoma’s senior senator has put together a plan to invest in rural roads and highways that he hopes will be included in the president’s final infrastructure package.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., will share the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 with the Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday.
As President Joe Biden pushes heavily for a bipartisan infrastructure package, Inhofe, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-VA., and Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., have put together a bipartisan portion of the plan that focuses predominantly on highways, bridges and rural roads.
Among other things, the highway bill would put $2 billion into a transportation grant program specifically for rural roads, an investment that would help states like Oklahoma, said Luke Holland, Inhofe’s chief of staff.
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