Law<\/a> funding for Fiscal Year 2022. This program allows investments in runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airport-transit connections and roadway projects. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $20 billion in the nation\u2019s airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPresident Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is sending\nhistoric investments to revitalize and rebuild small and municipal communities\nacross the country. Supporting Americans living in these areas remains a top\npriority for the Biden Administration, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\ndelivers on the President\u2019s promises to provide affordable high-speed Internet,\nsafe roads and bridges, clean drinking water, modern wastewater systems,\nreliable and affordable electricity, and good-paying jobs in every community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of this effort, the Biden Administration is also\ncommitted to working with communities to help them access federal resources and\nimproving transparency. In small towns across the country, like Augusta, the\nBipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers historic funding, flexibilities, and\nbenefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Providing high-speed internet to every home: More than 35\npercent of rural Americans and Tribal communities lack wired access to\nbroadband at acceptable speeds. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $65\nbillion to make high-speed internet available to all Americans, bring down\nhigh-speed internet prices across the board, and provide technical assistance\nto rural communities seeking to expand broadband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creating good-paying jobs cleaning up legacy pollution in\nrural communities: The President committed to (1) creating good-paying jobs in\nrural communities across the country and (2) ensuring those communities are\nsafe, high-quality places to live. Legacy pollution from industries that extracted\nnatural resources from rural areas left behind huge quantities of environmental\ndegradation has held back the economic growth and success of rural communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delivering a historic investment in rural mobility: Limited\naccess to transportation options in rural and remote areas injure make it\ndifficult for rural Americans to access to jobs, basic services, and their\nbroader communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests billions of\ndollars to make sure rural families can get where they need to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Providing high-quality, safe roads and bridges for rural\ncommunities: While Americans living in rural areas account for just 20% of the\npopulation, they comprise nearly half of all roadway fatalities. The Bipartisan\nInfrastructure Law will deliver safer roads, bridges, railway crossings, and\nother critical improvements to the quality and safety of our roadways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ensuring clean drinking water and basic sanitation in every\nhome: Across the country, including in rural and Tribal communities, pipes and\ntreatment plants are aging and polluted drinking water endanger public health.\nThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s transformative investment in our water and\nwastewater infrastructure will fundamentally change quality of life for\nmillions of Americans by eliminating lead pipes, providing critical access to\nsanitation, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Building communities resilient to natural disasters and the\nthreat of climate change: Last year, the United States faced 22 extreme weather\nand climate-related disaster events with losses over $1 billion \u2013 a cumulative\nprice tag of nearly $100 billion. These included damaging floods, fires, and\nwind storms across rural America. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will\nimprove the resilience of rural communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information on infrastructure investments specific to America\u2019s rural communities, visit the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Rural Playbook at build.gov\/rural<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a visit to Augusta Municipal Airport near Augusta, Kan., FAA Deputy Administrator Bradley Mims highlighted funding coming the airport\u2019s way as part of President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provides a once-in-a-generation investment in rural and smaller communities. The Biden-Harris Administration is investing in the infrastructure that benefits Americans in smaller towns to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Augusta-Kansas-Historic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21788,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786\/revisions\/21788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}