Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

What You Need to Know

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) was signed by President Biden on November 15^th, 2021 to serve as an investment into the nation’s infrastructure, competitiveness and communities. The BIL, also known as the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” is unparalleled, becoming the largest long-term investment in infrastructure and economy in our nation’s history. Over fiscal years 2022 through 2026, $550 billion in new Federal investment will help rebuild America’s roads, bridges, mass transit, water infrastructure and rail systems to improve our supply chains, ease inflationary pressures and create well-paying union jobs.

In the United States, one in five miles, or 173,000 total miles, of our highways and major roads are in poor condition. This funding is going to make an impact by providing the resources to rehabilitate the roadways to make them safer for vulnerable road users. Vulnerable road users (VRUs) are defined as persons on the roadway without protection by an outside shield, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, and road workers. The BIL sets out to not only fund the repair of our roadways and bridges, but to protect the construction workers who will be implementing these improvements and the individuals who will be using the roads after them.

These funds will soon be made available to the States, requiring an accurate understanding of how to access these funds, apply for further grants and what projects the investment can go towards and we at PSS are here to help by providing you resources as funds are being distributed.