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Rep. Lee Davis urges committee to advance bill to expand accelerated bridge program for rural communities
Summary
Representative Lee Davis testified before the Joint Committee on Transportation in support of H.4130, a bill that would create a five-year accelerated bridge fund prioritizing rural and underserved communities and aim to reduce delays and rising replacement costs for structurally deficient bridges.
Representative Lee Davis told the Joint Committee on Transportation he supports H.4130, “an act relative to renewing and expanding the accelerated bridge program,” and urged the committee to report the bill favorably.
Davis said the bill would establish a new five-year accelerated bridge fund focused on repairing and replacing structurally deficient bridges with an emphasis on rural and underserved communities. “This isn't just a funding bill. It's a plan for smarter factor, faster action,” Davis told the committee.
Davis testified that Massachusetts maintains a five-year capital investment plan for transportation but that many rural towns are…
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