SENATORS IN WASHINGTON ARE WORKING TOWARD A VOTE ON THE 1-TRILLION DOLLAR *BIPARTISAN* INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL. THE VOTE COULD COME THIS SATURDAY. THE BILL INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR ISSUES LIKE ROADS AND BRIDGES... ELECTRIC VEHICLES... BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS... AND A WIDE RANGE OF OTHERS.
COLORADO SENATOR JOHN HICKENLOOPER WAS PART OF THE GROUP WHO NEGOTIATED THE BIPARTISAN BILL
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-- Hickenlooper was a member of the “G-22” group of senators who negotiated the bipartisan bill.
-- Key provisions from Hickenlooper: the "Recharge Act" to help make electric vehicles more affordable, $65 billion to get Americans access to broadband internet, a national standard to prevent marijuana-impaired driving, and a provision directing the DOT to pay back RTD's $28.9 million deposit on Denver's Union Station
-- The bill also includes:
1. $110 billion for roads and bridges, which would help repair 481 Colorado bridges and over 3,600 miles of Colorado highway
2.$25 billion for airport improvements
3. $39 billion to modernize public transit
4. $66 billion for passenger and freight rail investments, including $16 billion specifically for Amtrak
-- The bill also includes: Western Water Infrastructure provisions, Drinking Water and Pollution provisions, and Climate Change Mitigation/Clean Energy provisions