Covid Stimulus Offers Trove of Cash for Infrastructure
Talks over a spending deal are dragging on in Washington. The good news is, the fine print in the latest pandemic relief package already sets up an influx of funds for critical projects.
Billions of dollars of Covid aid are just waiting to be spent on infrastructure.
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When it comes to fixing the nation’s crumbling roads and sewers, all eyes are on a $579 billion bipartisan framework brokered by the White House last month. Like most things in Washington, the path forward for that spending bill is riddled with political potholes. The good news for manufacturers, though, is that the U.S. has actually already signed off on a potentially meaningful influx of fresh infrastructure spending through the latest $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus program passed in March.