Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is praising new potential investments in infrastructure coming from President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion funding package.

Speaking to members of the nonprofit Arkansas Good Roads Foundation in a meeting Monday, Hutchinson urged Congress to take a vote on the package as soon as possible.

“What it gives for us is $3.6 billion in highway funding over five years through the normal formula process, $278 million in bridge replacement funds over five years. These are big dollars for big projects to help us to avoid dangerous situations that we can have in the future,” Hutchinson said.

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