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OMAHA (DTN) -- With the backing of agricultural and business groups, Congress closed a deal in November on a $1.2 trillion plan to upgrade the country's roads, bridges, ports and electric grid with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The bill, with an injection of $550 billion in new spending over 10 years, had been considered a necessity for the United States for more than a decade, but dilapidated bridges, jammed ports and Western drought finally prompted Congress to agree on a collection of needed projects.