Source: United States Senator for Kentucky Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration will distribute $87.7 million to Kentucky in Fiscal Year 2022 to fund the rehabilitation, repair, and replacement of bridges. This is the first tranche of the $438 million Kentucky will receive over the next five years to fund such projects.
The Federal Highway Administration appropriated these funds through a formula established in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by the Senate, with Senator McConnell’s support, last year. This legislation represents the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system and will provide more than $5.3 billion for bridge repairs nationwide in the next year alone. Additionally, the bill provides $12.5 billion for a competitive grant program dedicated to bridge repair. Each state will determine how its funding will be distributed.
“Last year’s landmark bipartisan infrastructure bill is providing a much-needed investment in the Commonwealth. Today’s announcement represents just the first part of a massive influx of infrastructure funding Kentucky will receive to complete long-overdue repairs and improve its bridge network,” said Senator McConnell. “I was a proud supporter of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act because Kentucky needs modern, efficient, and well-functioning transportation systems for our economy to prosper. I look forward to watching the Commonwealth use these funds to undertake new infrastructure projects soon.”
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