Unclear details on broadened Buy America rules on projects announced by President Biden during his State of the Union Address have industry officials concerned.
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.),, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, foresees a busy to-do list, saying “We have an aggressive agenda ahead of us,”
The sudden collapse of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge early on Jan. 28, 2022, gained national attention, occurring the same day as a pre-planned visit to the city by President Joe Biden and just weeks after Congress passed the $1.2-trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in part to restore the safety and integrity of aging U.S. transportation systems.
The formal challenge takes issue with a December 2021 guidance document from FHWA on how states might use the billions of federal highway formula dollars provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.