Transportation Today
BY LIZ CAREY MAY 28, 2021 A group of more than a dozen senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would invest in nationally and regionally significant bridges. The group, including U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rob Portman (R-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John Boozman (R-AZ), Ed Markey (D-MA), Cindy Hyde-Sith (R-MS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Bob Casey (D-PA), introduced the Bridge Investment Act, previously introduced in 2019. The legislation would create a competitive grant program for repairs to and replacement of deficient and outdated bridges to ease the national bridge repair backlog.
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