Each year with Asphalt Contractor's State of the Road Building Industry Report, we seek to give contractors some idea of what the year ahead will bring. After a long 2021, this year brought us even more challenges with rising prices, lack of people and a whole lot of unpredictability.
As the year comes to a close, and after many months of debate, we finally received some good news with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) which promises $1.2 trillion dollars for infrastructure over the next five years. This bill marks the first time since 2015 that a significant infrastructure bill has been passed by Congress and represents bipartisan support for infrastructure spending that will benefit all 50 states.
