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Show Me the Money: Where Infrastructure Funding Will Go

If you’ve sat in traffic along the nation’s highways, considered purchasing an electric vehicle (EV), relied on clean drinking water or used the internet to work remotely, you will likely benefit from the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law.


The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will pour $550 billion into new and existing state and federal programs, power and water system upgrades, environmental projects, new technologies, and transportation-related improvements across the country.

Here is a breakdown of where a majority of the new funding will go:

 

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will pour $550 billion into new and existing state and federal programs, power and water system upgrades, environmental projects, new technologies, and transportation-related improvements across the country.

Here is a breakdown of where a majority of the new funding will go:

Roads and Bridges

$110 BILLION

  • Over 40% of America’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition, according to a report by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • 45,000 bridges are in poor condition, according to an analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.
  • Funds allocated include $40 billion for bridge repair, replacement and rehabilitation.
  • $11 billion is set aside for transportation safety programs, such as the new USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) that aims to significantly reduce vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian fatalities.

Public Transit

$39 BILLION

  • Repair, replace or modernize more than 24,000 buses, 5,000 rail cars, 200 rail stations, thousands of miles of track, signals and power systems.
  • Expand public transit options across the country.

Passenger and Freight Rail

$66 BILLION

  • Funding to eliminate the Amtrak maintenance backlog, enhance existing corridors and build new rail lines.
  • Largest investment in passenger rail since Amtrak’s founding more than 50 years ago.

Airports, Ports and Waterways

$42 BILLION

  • Support modernization of America’s airports, ports and waterways and address maintenance and repair backlogs to strengthen supply chains.
  • Promote electrification and low-carbon technologies.

EV Charging Stations

$7.5 BILLION

  • Build out a nationwide network of EV chargers along highway corridors to facilitate long-distance travel.
  • Support the deployment of a mix of chargers at apartment buildings, in public parking areas and throughout communities.

Electric Grid and Energy

$65 BILLION

  • Upgrades outlined for the nation’s electricity grid include building thousands of miles of new transmission lines to support the expansion of renewables and clean energy.
  • Funding for new programs to support the development, demonstration and deployment of new, environmentally friendly smart-grid technology.
  • According to a U.S. Department of Energy report, outages cost the U.S. economy from $25 billion to $70 billion annually.

Clean Drinking Water

$55 BILLION

  • Invest in water infrastructure by replacing lead service lines and pipes for households, businesses, schools and child care centers.

Environmental Remediation

$21 BILLION

  • Address pollution, clean up idled former industrial and energy sites, cap abandoned oil and gas wells, and reclaim abandoned mine land.

Climate Resiliency

$50 BILLION

  • Additional funding for federal and state programs to prepare for or address extreme climate-change weather events, such as droughts, heat waves, wildfires and floods.
  • Environmental and climate-related investments may include river dredging, mapping and forecasting inland and coastal flooding, and making homes less vulnerable to wildfires.

High-Speed Internet

$65 BILLION

  • Invest in broadband infrastructure to boost high-speed internet access, especially in low-income households or rural communities.
  • Bolster competition and transparency among service providers to help drive down prices.

The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law will benefit all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The White House details how the funds will be divided.

Based on White House estimates released Aug. 4, 2021, California ($44.5B), Texas ($35.4B), New York ($26.9B), Florida ($19B), Pennsylvania ($17.8B) and Illinois ($17.8B) will receive the largest total allocations.

Receiving the most money per capita: Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Vermont.