(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 19, 2017)
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) this week reintroduced legislation to establish a new infrastructure financing authority that would help states and local governments leverage private funds to build and maintain infrastructure. Meanwhile, the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) private-sector business members met this week with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and with U.S. Department of Transportation officials to advocate for “robust public-transit funding” in the federal budget as well as any new infrastructure bill, according to an APTA press release.
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