Looking specifically at roads and bridges, Branch broke down the funding levels for each possible plan. In the American Jobs Plan, he broke out $135 billion in spending. That compares to $299 billion for roads and bridges in the Republican plan, and $100 billion in Dodge’s baseline plan.
Each of Branch’s models also assumes that an additional $300 billion will be approved to renew the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, which expires in September. While he acknowledged there have been discussions in Washington around replacing FAST Act funding with a larger infrastructure plan, he said if it’s kept in, the Republican plan would supercharge spending for road and bridge building to the tune of nearly $600 billion.
