Alaska Priorities Included in Long-Term Highway Reauthorization Bill

Press Release

Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) voted in support of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, a bipartisan six-year highway reauthorization bill, which passed the U.S. Senate on a vote of 65-34.

"Our nation's roads and bridges are critical to this country's economic growth and our way of life," said Senator Sullivan. "Today's passage of the DRIVE Act will provide fiscal certainty and a funding structure for our country's roads and infrastructure. In Alaska, the bill increases much-needed transportation funding for the core highway programs and for tribal transportation and the ferry system. It also cuts through project-killing red-tape and streamlines regulatory burdens, all without raising taxes on hard-working Alaskans."

As a member of two of the four Senate committees with jurisdiction over development of the highway bill -- the Senate Environment and Public Works and Commerce, Science and Transportation Committees -- Senator Sullivan worked to secure a number of provisions that will increase funding for programs critical to Alaska's transportation infrastructure, provide flexibility from federal one-size-fits all mandates, and work to minimize the project permitting time that currently leads to increased project costs and delays in the delivery of essential infrastructure projects.

Source