Most of the attention on the big fiscal 2019 spending package enacted on Feb. 15 understandably has focused on one item, the $1.375 billion the legislation contains for southwest border barriers, far short of the $5.7 billion President Trump has pushed for.
But for construction officials, the rest of the package is critical, setting the full-year 2019 funding levels for important federal infrastructure programs, including those at the Dept. of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency and General Services Administration. [View legislagtive text here.]