Articles Tagged with ''Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act''

New Georgetown University research analyzed how surface transportation projects chosen for $599 billion of the total $1-trillion bill could cut greenhouse gas emissions, or boost them significantly.

The $1-trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law Nov. 15 includes funding for “nature-based” infrastructure, a sign of the growing bipartisan support among lawmakers and federal officials for approaching flood control and other climate change-related projects by  working with natural systems, rather than trying to control them, according to current and former officials at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Administrator Michael Regan said some cleanups have awaited federal dollars for give more than five years; new infrastructure bill funding will start work at 49 sites in 24 states.

Technology can enable decarbonization if industry leaders embrace it and the goals of COP26.

IIJA includes about $66 billion in passenger rail appropriations, about equal to Amtrak's past 50-year total.

Contractors will need to better plan and keep track of project information to utilize the stream of revenue made available by the infrastructure bill.

The Federal Highway Administration launches a  "one-stop shop" for infrastructure act information.

Report finds that construction would account for 48% of bill's new jobs from highway and transit increases.

Transportation contractors should rally behind the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.