The bill would also lessen surface level public transit investment by 20% and eliminate the advance appropriations provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which has funded surface-level transportation in America for the last five years, is up for reauthorization in Congress. In a temporary spending bill passed Sept. 1, Congress voted to reduce surface-level public transit investment by 20% and passenger rail by 83% from current levels, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
The continuing resolution bill would also extend transportation programs funded by the Highway Trust Fund at fiscal year 2026 levels but would not continue the advance appropriations provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Dan Zukowski writes for Smart Cities Dive.
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Leaving out the advance appropriations would “immediately disrupt and delay ongoing planning, engineering, and construction of surface transportation projects across the nation,” APTA President and CEO Paul Skoutelas said in a July 31 letter to House and Senate leaders.
Surface-level transportation reauthorization happens every five years in the United States. The last period of funding provided a historic $673.8 billion to transportation programs over five years, spread across highways, transit, rail, aviation, pipeline and other programs. The original reauthorization deadline was Sept. 30, but Congress' continuing resolution bill will push the deadline to Dec. 11 if signed by Pres. Donald Trump.
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