The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Investing in Transportation Infrastructure

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Modernizing Roads and Bridges

• Provides $27.5 billion for highway construction, creating an estimated 750,000 jobs in the short term while making needed repairs to the nation’s aging infrastructure.
• Includes strict accountability measures to ensure that highways and transit funds get out the door quickly to create jobs.  Requires 50 percent of the highway funding to be obligated within 120 days, and 50 percent of the transit formula funding to be obligated within 180 days.

New Jersey will receive an estimated $651 for highway construction. Read more about which Central New Jersey programs are receiving money.

Improving Public Transit and Rail

• $9.3 billion for investments in rail transportation,including Amtrak, High Speed and Intercity Rail.
• Invests 8.4 billion for investments in public transportation.

State and local governments are eligible for an additional $1.5 billion in competitive grants for transportation investments, including highways, bridges, mass transit, rail, and port infrastructure.