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Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act"

The FAST Act

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94) into law—the first federal law in over a decade to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning and investment. The FAST Act authorizes $305 billion over fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for highway, highway and motor vehicle safety, public transportation, motor carrier safety, hazardous materials safety, rail, and research, technology, and statistics programs. The FAST Act maintains our focus on safety, keeps intact the established structure of the various highway-related programs we manage, continues efforts to streamline project delivery and, for the first time, provides a dedicated source of federal dollars for freight projects. With the enactment of the FAST Act, states and local governments are now moving forward with critical transportation projects with the confidence that they will have a federal partner over the long term.

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Since December 2015, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has made significant progress implementing the FAST Act, and this website serves as your one-stop shop for everything from fact sheets and funding notices to guidance, regulations and presentations.

The FHWA will continue to add new information as implementation progresses.

FHWA’s Implementation Priorities

After a successful year since the enactment of the FAST Act, FHWA continues to implement the law by:

For more information regarding the FAST Act, including provisions that impact other agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation, please visit the Department's FAST Act website.

Page last modified on March 1, 2022
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