Counties applaud signing of landmark bipartisan infrastructure bill

The bipartisan infrastructure package will accomplish many longstanding county priorities, including:

• A new, long-term surface transportation reauthorization for highways, roads and bridges, public transit and rail systems
• Meaningful commitments to transportation safety and project streamlining
• Critical new investments in water, stormwater and broadband projects
• Increased investments in county-owned bridges that are not part of the federal-aid highway system
• Raising the cap on Private Activity Bonds, which will facilitate the construction of infrastructure projects, and
• An extension of the Secure Rural Schools program for timber harvest counties for three years.

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