But it’s clear big investments lie ahead in many facets of transportation - $66 billion will go to rail projects throughout the nation, $17 billion is set aside for ports (including inland ports) and $7.5 billion is dedicated to electric vehicles, to name just a few examples. State agencies await guidance and clarification for how the infrastructure money can be applied for and spent. “And more importantly, how what’s in there is going to be implemented.” “It’s still early, very early, in terms of our understanding of exactly what’s in the bill,” warned Tallis Blalack, with Utah State University’s ASPIRE Research Center. Road and bridge repair will get one of the biggest buckets of spending, with $110 billion dedicated to those projects and $3 billion alone going to Utah.
5, legislation negotiated with a bipartisan group of lawmakers including Sen. The House of Representatives passed the Senate’s version of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Nov.
President Joe Biden’s Monday signature on a massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal may reengineer the way people and goods move around Utah, while also tapping the brakes on the trajectory of the climate crisis. Thank you for supporting local journalism. This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only.