On Wednesday, Members of the House and Senate met to begin formal discussions on reconciling differences between their respective versions of the DRIVE Act, the multi-year funding and policy bill for highways, bridges, and transit. With an agreement likely but needing a little more time, Congress voted to extend current funding to December 4, 2015 in hopes that all remaining issues can be resolved by then. The House bill increases funding for locally-owned on-system bridges, and both bills increase highway funding to localities and address rural road safety.
