Durbin: House-Senate Transportation Bill Compromise Protects Important Illinois Infrastructure Priorities

Statement

Today, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to authorize and fund transportation programs for the next 5 years. Durbin -- who was a member of the Conference Committee tasked with finding a compromise between the House and Senate versions of the transportation bill -- said that the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act will provide the certainty that businesses and state governments, like Illinois, need to plan critical infrastructure projects and create good-paying jobs.

"This is a good bipartisan bill that reauthorizes our nation's transportation programs and gives state and local agencies certainty in planning for the next five years," Durbin said. "As a member of the House-Senate Conference Committee, I was glad to be at the table working to protect Illinois' important, job-creating infrastructure priorities."

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