As engineering and construction industry officials look at federal government developments in 2015, the highlights came at the end of the year.
The top congressional action, by far, was the long-desired enactment, on Dec. 4, of a multi-year surface transportation bill. The legislation, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST), authorizes $305 billion for highway, transit and Amtrak programs over five years. It is the first transportation bill of that length to go on the books since 2005.