The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly approved a ten-year, $18-billion transportation and infrastructure spending bill. The measure, which now goes to the state Senate, comes one day after the chamber endorsed increasing taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as on corporations.
If approved, the bill would provide $5.6 billion for federal highway system projects, $1.75 billon for non-federally-aided roads and bridges and $1.25 billion for work on bridges and approaches, including two crossings of the Cape Cod Canal.