As the Treasury Dept. prepares guidance regarding the American Rescue Plan Act’s $360 billion in aid to state and local governments, construction, transportation, business and government groups want to see transportation infrastructure projects be specifically deemed eligible uses for those funds.
In a March 28 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, nearly three-dozen organizations said they want “to ensure that transportation infrastructure is defined explicitly as a qualifying eligibility” for those funds under the American Rescue Plan statute."