A big thank you to all those who led the way with respect to America Fast Forward. Your thoughtful, determined and cerebral efforts to move our impossible efforts forward – are deeply appreciated. Working together we moved a mountain. One more to go…
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| | Wednesday, March 14, 2012
120314-1 In this Issue: - U.S. Senate Overwhelmingly Adopts Surface Transportation Bill – America Fast Forward Included In Legislation
| | U.S. Senate Overwhelmingly Adopts Surface Transportation Bill – America Fast Forward Included In Legislation Moments ago, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly (74 to 22) to adopt its surface transportation bill (S. 1813), also known as MAP-21. The bill, championed by U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Inhofe (R-OK), represents an unusual triumph of bipartisan legislating in the current Congress. The bill will fund surface transportation projects through 2013 at a cost of $109 billion. The bill includes an innovative finance section, entitled America Fast Forward (title II of Division A of the bill) that was the product of our agency’s Board-approved plan to accelerate our Measure R funded highway and transit program. As recently as last week, Senator Boxer praised her strong working relationship with Los Angeles County transportation leaders in crafting her bill, namely the America Fast Forward title of S. 1813. As we shared in a Legislative Alert yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives is in recess this week. The House leadership expects to work on their surface transportation bill (HR 7) in a yet-to-be determined form when they come back to Washington next week. Metro's federal team is actively engaging with our Los Angeles County House Delegation to ensure that they and their aides have all the information they need on our Board-approved legislative program should the House bring HR 7 to a vote next week. The current surface transportation bill extension expires on March 31, 2012. | | | Metro.net Home | Press Room | Projects & Programs | Meeting Agendas | Riding Metro | Metro Library | | | | | |
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