Congress has approved a five year, three hundred five billion dollar transportation funding bill. South Dakota Senator John Thune says it brings certainty to state and local governments…
Thune says there are pieces of the bill that will benefit South Dakota…
Thune says the bill will increase federal funding for states…
While the bill is for five years, the funding is set for only the first three years. It does replace over thirty five short term extensions over the past several years.