09/03/2026
"I am not a lobbyist. I sell tools to people who cut concrete and keep crews alive on decks. Here is what matters from Freeland.
Bridges are the headline number
BUILD America 250 authorizes about $45 billion for bridge programs over five years — on the order of $5 billion more per year than IIJA's bridge spend, with a bigger set-aside for locally owned and off-system bridges. That is deck work, joint work, milling, coring, and fall protection volume for years if the Senate does not gut it."-Read more below!
The House reauthorization bill puts about $45 billion into bridges over five years and leans hard on formula funding. Here is the practical read for…