Highway Boondoggles 7
The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal signed into law in November 2021 has provided a previously near-unimaginable opportunity to invest in transportation in America. With more than half the funding made available under the new law going toward reauthorizing the surface transport- tation program, states now face a choice: spend this money to address dire needs with our transportation system, or squander it on wasteful boondoggle projects.