Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testified April 2 before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, to present the Trump administration’s approach to reauthorization of the Surface Transportation legislation set to expire on September 30, 2026. Duffy did not offer much detail but emphasized the need for innovation and efforts to expedite project delivery.
One of President Trump’s first Executive Orders directed that funds from the Inflation Reduction Act earmarked for climate change projects be clawed back. Roll Call news reports that state transportation officials are calling for these funds to be directed to vital road and bridge repairs instead. Republicans negotiating the nation’s next big infrastructure bill seem amenable to the idea, as long as it means they can move funding away from green projects and toward “traditional” ones.
John Drake, the new Executive Director of the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition and Vice President for Transportation, Infrastructure and Supply Chain Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is thinking about tomorrow.
An industry coalition of public and private sector stakeholders in the transportation industry recently wrote to Congress to extend their appreciation for the robust transportation infrastructure funding included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).