President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill last year. So far, more than $80 billion of it has been dedicated to projects. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg recently updated lawmakers on progress and challenges.
- The projects underway focus on the supply chain, climate change and new technology, said Eugene Mulero, senior congressional reporter at Transport Topics.
- He said the secretary told Congress the Department of Transportation is calculating how to respond to inflation, “a really big concern.”
- Some of the oversight mechanisms include an infrastructure czar and a multi-agency task force, said Mulero.
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In an aerial view, shipping containers sit idle on a train at the Port of Oakland on July 21, 2022 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 2, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Secretary Buttigieg is testifying on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by the Department of Transportation. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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