A special Committee of the USA Government has filed a Conference Report recommending robust freight funding and sound federal policy.
The five-year Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act funds a freight-specific competitive grant program, the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program, at $4.5 billion over five years. There will also be a freight formula program, the National Highway Freight Program, at $6.3 billion over five years. The bill also creates a much-needed federal multimodal freight policy.