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Highway Trust Fund Is Running Out

Could cost 700,000 jobs.

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America is running out of money to build and maintain roads, bridges, and ports. The White House warned Congress Monday that without federal funding, more than 112,000 infrastructure projects could be suspended, and with them, 700,000 jobs may be lost. The Highway Trust Fund could run dry by the end of this summer unless Congress acts on a propsed a four-year, $302 billion transportation proposal.

Read it at The Associated Press

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