Senate Approves Transportation Spending Bill for FY 2010

 

Senators voted on 12 amendments and attempts to return the bill to the Appropriations Committee for further work. No major funding changes were adopted, however, leaving intact the levels agreed to July 30 by the Appropriations Committee.
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Concluding a week of debate, the Senate voted 73-25 to approve a $122 billion bill appropriating funds for the U.S. Transportation and Housing & Urban Development departments for Fiscal Year 2010, which begins Oct. 1.

The Senate version of the legislation (HR 3288) contains $75.8 billion in transportation spending for FY 2010, including $42.5 billion for highways and $11.1 billion for transit. Funding for the Airport Improvement Grants program is continued at $3.5 billion in the Senate measure, the same level as provided by the House.

The Senate voted to approve only three amendments to the bill. Of those, one dealt with transportation while the other two related to housing programs. - Courtesy of AASHTO