Georgia is receiving a minimum of $8.9 billion for repairs to roads and highways, plus an additional $225 million for bridge replacement and repairs, through the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package President Joe Biden is set to sign into law Monday. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
President Joe Biden will sign an infrastructure bill into law Monday that represents over $1 trillion in spending over the next decade, billions of which is headed to Georgia.
It is the first time in decades that Congress has passed substantial legislation intended to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, utility grid and transportation networks.
The vote was bipartisan with 13 GOP members of the U.S. House and 19 Senate Republicans joining nearly every Democrat in supporting the measure. But Georgia’s delegation split strictly along party lines; it’s two Democratic senators and six Democrats in the House all supported the measure.
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Tia Mitchell is the AJC’s Washington Bureau Chief and a co-host of the “Politically Georgia” podcast. She writes about Georgia’s congressional delegation, campaigns, elections and the impact that decisions made in D.C. have on residents of the Peach State.
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