The project is set to conclude in March , with the final year examining if any solutions could be used throughout the country. Digital infrastructure minister Matt Warman said: 'The cost of digging up roads and land is the biggest obstacle telecoms companies face when connecting hard-to-reach areas to better broadband. In addition, the project will look at trying to reduce the amount of water lost to leaks, currently about 20 per cent of what goes into the public supply.
Sensors will be put into pipes, enabling water companies to deal more rapidly and accurately with leaks. The Government is already looking at helping the push for 'next-generation broadband' by letting telecoms companies access one million-plus miles of underground utility ducts, such as electricity, gas and sewer networks. Stephen Unger, commissioner at the Geospatial Commission, an expert group which is part of the Cabinet Office, welcomed the Fibre in Water project.
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Safety America has one of the highest road fatality rates in the industrialized world. It includes a new program to provide grants to community owned utilities to replace leaky and obsolete cast iron and bare steel natural gas pipelines, some of which are over years old. It will more than double funding directed to programs that improve the safety of people and vehicles in our transportation system, including highway safety, truck safety, and pipeline and hazardous materials safety.
That is in addition to continuing the existing transit programs for five years as part of surface transportation reauthorization. This is the largest Federal investment in public transit in history, and devotes a larger share of funds from surface transportation reauthorization to transit in the history of the programs.
And, it will benefit communities of color since these households are twice as likely to take public transportation and many of these communities lack sufficient public transit options. Passenger and Freight Rail Unlike highways and transit, rail lacks a multi-year funding stream to address deferred maintenance, enhance existing corridors, and build new lines in high-potential locations.
The legislation positions Amtrak and rail to play a central role in our transportation and economic future.
This is the largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak 50 years ago. EV Infrastructure U. The President believes that must change. The bill will provide funding for deployment of EV chargers along highway corridors to facilitate long-distance travel and within communities to provide convenient charging where people live, work, and shop.
Federal funding will have a particular focus on rural, disadvantaged, and hard-to-reach communities. Electric Buses American school buses play a critical role in expanding access to education, but they are also a significant source of pollution. These investments will drive demand for American-made batteries and vehicles, creating jobs and supporting domestic manufacturing, while also removing diesel buses from some of our most vulnerable communities.
In addition, they will help the more than 25 million children and thousands of bus drivers who breathe polluted air on their rides to and from school. Diesel air pollution is linked to asthma and other health problems that hurt our communities and cause students to miss school, particularly in communities of color and Tribal communities.
Reconnecting Communities Too often, past transportation investments divided communities — like the Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans or I in Syracuse — or it left out the people most in need of affordable transportation options. In particular, significant portions of the interstate highway system were built through Black neighborhoods.
The legislation creates a first-ever program to reconnect communities divided by transportation infrastructure. Multipurpose Drainage Management Grant Profile. One Watershed One Plan Program. Projects and Practices Grant Profile.
Targeted Watershed Grant Profile. Watershed-Based Implementation Funding.
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