Georgia Public Works | Issue 1– March/April 2022

THE OFFICIAL STATE PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION | ISSUE 1 – MARCH/APRIL 2022

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• 2022 APWA Georgia Chapter Mid-Winter Equipment Show • The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Deliver for Georgia

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ISSUE 1 – MAR/APR 2022 APWA GEORGIA CHAPTER 4915 Chase Lane Cumming, GA 30040 www.georgia.apwa.net PRESIDENT Mr. Christopher Cox

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PRESIDENT-ELECT Mr. Felix Floyd PAST PRESIDENT Mr. Christopher Rotalsky VICE PRESIDENT Mr. Tyler Pannell

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SECRETARY Mr. Patrick S. Collins, P.E. DELEGATE Mr. Lenardo “Leo” Owens TREASURER Mrs. Becky L. Kinsey ALTERNATE DELEGATE Mr. Terrence Simpkins Georgia Public Works is published by:

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President ’s Message

GRATEFUL TO SERVE CHRIS COX , APWA G EO RG IA CHAP TER PR ESI D EN T

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elcome to 2022!

Thank you for the honor and privilege to be your APWA Georgia Chapter President for 2022.

As COVID-19 continues to be a part of our lives, we will continue to develop innovative ways to serve you through this pandemic.

Our last two presidents, Chris Rotalsky (2021) and Shirley Stevenson (2020), have helped guide the Chapter to continue our mission by developing virtual and hybrid capabilities, including our quarterly meetings, and the Certificate of Public Works Management (CPWM) program. I plan to continue making strides in providing the leadership that our past presidents have shown.

Over the past two years, the success shown by Public Works Departments and Consultants across Georgia – to adapt and overcome – has proven once again that members of the Public Work Fields are “unsung heroes.” While others worked from home, we continued to provide critical services to the residents

of Georgia: collecting household garbage, maintaining our highways and streets, and operating our water and sewer systems. Our parks were open for the public to enjoy and when natural disasters struck – such as ice storms, tornadoes and hurricanes – the great people of Public Works were there so that people’s lives could be as “normal” as possible during these trying times.

The Georgia Chapter has been selected by National to host the 2025 PWX in Atlanta. As we move through the process and hosting this event, our Chapter will need volunteers to assist and participate on our 2025 PWX Committee. Our Committee Chair is Past-President Lawrence Jeter. For more information on how you can help, please contact Lawrence at ljeter1723@gmail.com.

I look forward to being your Chapter President for 2022.

If I can assist you in any way, please reach out to me by email at cox@stmarysga.gov.

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Branch President ’s Letter

A GOOD YEAR TO COME A D I S A A A R O N S , M E T R O AT L A N TA B R A N C H P R E S I D E N T

While I hope that we are able to return to in-person meetings at some point in 2022, we will continue meeting virtually.

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t is my honor to be the President of the Metro Atlanta Branch for the 2022 calendar year. My career in Public Works started back in March 2018, when I came to the City of Atlanta after working for a General Contractor constructing buildings for nearly ten years. It is a challenge and an opportunity working in Public Works as I realize that my role each day impacts the public in some way, shape, or form.

A little background about me for those of you who may or may not know: I started my journey to this role by joining the Executive Board in 2019,

then moving my way up to the office of President. While I had hoped that COVID will be gone for good, we are still going strong as far as meeting virtually. Our 2022 year will be filled with promoting APWA and all the wonderful things that APWA promotes and does. We are still working on filling our calendar with speakers who will promote the message.

While I hope that we are able to return to in-person meetings at some point in 2022, we will continue meeting virtually.

All you need to be able to do to join us is have your cup of coffee or orange juice and come as you are!

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Georgia APWA Branches Georgia APWA GEORGIA APWA BRANCHES 2021 Branches Branch Presidents 2021 Branch Presidents 2022 BRANCH PRESIDENTS Georgia APWA Branches North Carolina 2021 Branch Presidents

Tennessee

Tennessee Fannin

Walker

Floyd

Gilmer

Catoosa

Dade

Gordon

ChattoogaWalker

Gordon

Floyd Chattooga

Polk

PickensGilmer

Floyd

Haralson Carroll

Heard

Coweta

Alabama

Fayette

Pike

Meriwether Meriwether

Troup

Harris Harris

Peach

Webster

Sumter

Webster

Sumter

Quitman Randolph

Clay

Dooly

Terrell

Randolph Clay Calhoun Calhoun

Dougherty

Baker

Early

Baker

Early

Miller

Miller

Seminole

Telfair

Lee Central Savannah Turner River Area

TerrellVacant Lee

Dougherty

Worth

Tift

bkpage@chathamcounty.org

Mitchell

Mitchell

Coffee

Colquitt

Colquitt

Cook

Metro Atlanta Branch

Cook

Brooks

Candler

Bulloch

Lowndes

Effingham

Evans Tattnall Evans

Chatham

Bryan

Tattnall

Chatham

Bryan Liberty

Long

Southeast Branch Tony

Long

Vicent avicent@glynncounty-

Wayne

ga.gov McIntosh

Wayne

McIntosh

Southwest Branch

Pierce

Pierce

tbeebe@gainesville.org

Lanier

Camden Effingham

Charlton Bulloch

Candler

Bacon

Atkinson

Lanier

Glynn

Brantley

Bacon

Atkinson Todd Beebe

Berrien

Shauncey Battle-Williams Decatur Grady Thomas sbattle-williams@AtlantaGa.Gov Decatur Lowndes Grady Thomas Brooks

Seminole

Screven

Appling

Northeast Branch

Berrien

McIntosh

Ware

wssullivan@spaldingcounty.com

Tift

Coastal Branch Keith Page

Wayne

Screven

Liberty

Jeff Davis

Coffee

Long

Pierce

Clinch Echols

Chatham

Liberty

Appling Middle Branch Scott Sullivan

Irwin

Bryan

Appling

Jenkins

Atkinson

Treutlen

Jeff Davis

Ben Hill

Evans

Bacon Jenkins

Emanuel

Montgomery FloridaToombs Wheeler

Telfair

Ben Hill

Irwin

Worth

Coffee

Lowndes Treutlen

Effingham

Tattnall

Burke

Montgomery Toombs Wheeler

Dodge

Wilcox

Turner

Jeff Davis

Lanier Emanuel

Laurens Thomas Brooks

Wilcox

Crisp

Irwin

Johnson

Bulloch

Burke

Ben Hill

Berrien

Dodge

Pulaski

Montgomery Toombs Wheeler Telfair

Cook

Laurens

Candler

Columbia Richmond

Johnson

Colquitt

Bleckley

Pulaski

Crisp

Quitman

Mitchell

South Carolina

Treutlen

GlascockJefferson

Dougherty Wilkinson Worth Washington Tift

Screven

Emanuel

Columbia

Jefferson

Decatur Grady Houston Bleckley

Dooly

Jenkins

Richmond

Wilcox

Wilkinson

South Carolina

Johnson

Laurens

McDuffie Dodge

Washington Turner

Lee

Burke

Washington

Warren Glascock

Crisp Hancock

Baldwin

Twiggs

Miller

Pulaski

Dooly Hancock

Twiggs Baker

Seminole Peach

Macon

Schley

Stewart

Jones

Houston

Macon

Schley Chattahoochee Marion

Terrell

Calhoun

Bibb Early

Crawford

Taylor

Muscogee

Chattahoochee Marion

Stewart

Monroe Clay

McDuffie Bleckley

Warren Taliaferro

Sumter

Putnam

Baldwin

Randolph

Bibb

Talbot Taylor

Muscogee

Webster

Jones

Monroe

Lamar

Upson Crawford

Talbot

Putnam

Jasper

Quitman

Taliaferro Peach

Macon Greene

Schley

Jasper Stewart

Upson

Greene Taylor

Richmond

Glascock Jefferson

Lincoln

Wilkes

South Carolina Columbia

McDuffie

Wilkinson

Twiggs

Houston

Newton

Hancock

Lincoln

Bibb

Oglethorpe Crawford

Oconee

Taliaferro

Baldwin

Wilkes

Upson

Clarke

Talbot

Marion Chattahoochee Morgan

Butts

Putnam

Oglethorpe

Oconee

Newton Muscogee

Spalding Lamar

Greene

Warren

Hart Elbert Jasper

Butts

Lincoln

Wilkes

Morgan

Pike Lamar JacksonClarke Madison Jones Monroe Elbert

WaltonMorgan

HenryButts

Pike

Henry

Franklin

Oglethorpe

Oconee

Newton

Madison

Meriwether

Harris

Clayton

Spalding

Troup

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Rockdale

Henry

Stephens

Elbert

Clarke

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Spalding

Barrow Gwinnett Walton

DeKalb

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Coweta

Heard

Alabama

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Hart

Madison

Barrow

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Fayette Jackson Coweta Banks

Rockdale

Fayette

Jackson

Clayton

Hall

Heard

Clayton

Douglas

Carroll

Banks

Franklin

Banks

Hall

Forsyth

FranklinRockdale Hart

Fulton

Dawson

DeKalb

Fulton

White DouglasHabersham

Lumpkin Hall

Gwinnett

Cobb

Paulding

Douglas

Haralson

Forsyth

Cobb

Paulding

Stephens

Dawson

Cherokee

Bartow

Carroll

Cherokee

Bartow

Haralson Polk

Dawson

Cherokee Pickens

Bartow

White Habersham

Lumpkin

Pickens

Towns White Rabun Habersham Polk LumpkinUnion Paulding Cobb StephensGwinnett

Fannin

Whitfield Murray

Rabun

North Carolina Rabun

Towns

Union

Whitfield Murray

Towns

Union

Gilmer

Gordon

Chattooga

Alabama

Dade

Fannin

Murray

Whitfield

Walker

Catoosa Tennessee

North Carolina

Catoosa

Dade

Brantley

Brantley

Emanuel Haire

Glynn

GlynnEHaire@colquittga.org

Ware

Northwest Branch Ware

West Central Branch

Jeremy Bryson Clinch Clinch jeremy.bryson@catoosa.com Charlton

Echols

Charlton

Camden

Camden

James Mang jmang@columbusga.org

Echols

Florida Florida

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COASTAL BRANCH

Coastal Branch Keith Page Coastal Keith Page KeithBranch Page

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Metro Atlanta Branch Adisa AaronsBranch Metro Atlanta

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MIDDLE BRANCH

Middle BranchScott Scott Sullivan Sullivan Middle Kevin Branch King

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Northeast Branch Northeast Branch Todd Beebe

Todd Beebe tbeebe@gainesville.org Todd Beebe tbeebe@gainesville.org tbeebe@gainesville.org NORTHWEST BRANCH

Northwest Branch Wesley Stokes Northwest Branch

wstokes@fortoglethorpega.gov Jeremy Bryson Jeremy Bryson jeremy.bryson@catoosa.com jeremy.bryson@catoosa.com

SOUTHEAST BRANCH

Southeast Southeast BranchTony Tony Tony VicentBranch

Vicent avicent@glynncountyVicent avicent@glynncountyavicent@glynncounty-ga.gov ga.gov ga.gov SOUTHWEST BRANCH

Southwest Branch Southwest Angela Bray Branch

Emanuel Haire akbray@valdostacity.com Emanuel Haire EHaire@colquittga.org EHaire@colquittga.org WEST CENTRAL BRANCH

West Central Branch James Mang

West Central Branch

jmang@columbusga.org James Mang James Mang jmang@columbusga.org

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FROM THE DESK OF MEMBERSHIP COMMIT TEE CHAIRMAN, DWAYNE STOCKS

BECOME A MEMBER OF APWA APWA Membership has its privilege

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emberships are extended to both current or past public works employees as well as to private company employees who interact with the American Public Works Association.

Membership comes with the opportunity to share common goals, challenges, and solutions with Public Works professionals throughout North America.

As a member, you’ll participate in local Chapter and Branch programs meetings – often at reduced pricing; gain exposure to more than 30,000 Public Works professionals; save money on the best education and training programs in Public Works, covering all disciplines with ability to receive CEUs and PDHs; gain free subscriptions to many infoNOW electronic networking communities and resources, including the APWA Reporter Magazine; receive free access to the Resource Center and registrations for live Click, Listen & Learn programs; and pay reduced pricing for books, videos, construction, water resources and more.

As a member, you’ll save up to 42% on registration for PWX, the NORTH American Snow Conference and most nationally sponsored workshops and e-learning programs; earn your professional certification credentials; have networking opportunities at the national, local chapter and/or branch level; and receive discounts on advertising opportunities in the APWA Reporter Magazine and exhibitor space at the annual PWX* (*Corporate Crown Level Group Memberships only).

APWA is your primary resource for public works-related knowledge.

Become an Individual or Group Member of the APWA Individual APWA membership automatically includes a one-year membership to your local APWA or CPWA Chapter.

Individual Membership is available to: • any official or employee (active, retired, or life) of a government agency, manufacturer, supplier, contractor, student, or consulting firm who is actively engaged in the field of Public Works.

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Corporate Groups, Prestige Corporate, and Crown Corporate.

To learn more about APWA’s membership groups and how to become a Member, visit www.apwa.net.

Membership comes with the opportunity to share common goals, challenges, and solutions with Public Works professionals throughout North America.

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GEORGIA CHAPTER

2022 Mid-Winter

By Steve Pettis, Georgia APWA Equipment Show Director

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n February 8, 2022, the APWA Georgia Chapter hosted its 37th Annual Georgia Mid-Winter Equipment Show. This event was held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, GA. On behalf of our organization, we thank you for your time and support to our vendors.

We had exceptional turnout with over 700 people in attendance.

Thank you to our top five vendors, who have supported this event since its inception in 1985: • Adams Equipment Company • Peach State Truck Centers • Tractors & Equipment Company • Reynolds Warren Equipment Company • Wastebuilt Environmental Solutions, LLC For well over a decade, Environmental Products Groups, Inc. has been our largest supporter, exhibiting a wide variety of equipment each year. Through their support, we are able to continue our annual scholarship programs and Certification Training – benefiting hundreds of Public Works employees.

Thank you again, and we hope to see everyone in Perry, GA, on February 7, 2023, at our 38th Annual Mid-Winter Equipment Show! If you are a vendor and would like to learn more about joining this event, please contact Steve Pettis at stevepettis@aol.com.

“We hope to see everyone in Perry, GA, on February 7, 2023, at our 38th Annual Mid-Winter Equipment Show!”

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t the end of 2018, a challenge came up regarding Uppergate Drive a street that became under the jurisdiction of the City of Atlanta when Atlanta annexed Emory University.

The street was failing and was getting to the point where a major resurfacing would be needed. The problem was funding and timing. There was pressure from government officials and Emory University to get the road resurfaced.

The local news media also did a story that added to the pressure of getting the road resurfaced. The road was a critical link on Emory University’s campus with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on one side and Winship Cancer Institute on the other. Shutting down the road for an extended period of time was not an option for the University.

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BY ADISA AARONS, CITY OF ATLANTA, METRO ATLANTA PRESIDENT

After a few months of waiting on the contract to be written, doing repairs to the road to keep it operable, and meetings with everyone involved, it was

time for the work to be executed. Since the road was very busy during the week, it was determined that the weekend was the best time for the work to take place.

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It was on a hot Saturday morning in July when the work started. Since we did not know the condition of the road, we anticipated that it would take three weekends to complete the work. Once the milling operation began, we noticed that the base was in good shape, so the contractor and city representative paved the road on Sunday. During our paving operation, the news media came and captured good footage of all of us hard at work repaving the road. When the news story aired the next night, everyone was please and happy that the road was resurfaced.

A few months later, I was diagnosed with colon cancer and had to do my chemotherapy treatments at the Winship Cancer Institute. As I would ride to and from the Cancer Institute, the road being paved made it easier for myself and others who were getting treatment. It was also a great conversation starter with the doctors, nurses, and staff.

When working within tight constraints, always take note of the following: • Always have several ideas of how to get the job done.

Working around a major hospital complex, we had an idea but once we listened to the needs and the challenges of the University, we were able to come up with a good plan that allowed the road to remain open and allowed us to work at the same time.

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About 50 feet into the milling operation, we discovered a buried water valve. A utility locate was called in advance of the work starting, but not everyone gets out in time before the work starts. Also, the news media showing up was a constraint, but they were able to get a few good shots which made the story go very well.

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Will Deliver for Georgia

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resident Biden and Vice President Harris’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the largest long-term investment in our infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century.

The need for action in Georgia is clear, and recently released state-level data demonstrates that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver for Georgia. For decades, infrastructure in Georgia has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Georgia a C+ on its infrastructure report card. The historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make life better for millions of Georgia residents, create a generation of goodpaying union jobs and economic growth, and position the United States to win the 21st century.

Specifically, with regards to transportation, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will: Repair and rebuild our roads and bridges with a focus on climate change mitigation, resilience, equity, and safety for all users, including cyclists and pedestrians. In Georgia, there are 374 bridges and over 2,260 miles of highway in poor condition. Since 2011, commute times have increased by 10.8% in Georgia, and on average, each driver pays $375 per year in costs due to driving on roads in need of repair. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system.

Based on formula funding alone, Georgia would expect to receive approximately $9.2 billion over five years in Federal highway formula funding for highways and bridges.

On an average annual basis, this is about 27.2% more than the State’s Federal-aid highway formula funding under current law. 1 Georgia can also compete for the $15.77 billion Bridge Investment Program for economically significant bridges and

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$15 billion of national funding in the law dedicated to megaprojects that will deliver substantial economic benefits to communities. Georgia can also expect to receive approximately $211 million over five years in formula funding to reduce transportation-related emissions, in addition to about $240 million over five years to increase the resilience of its transportation system. 2 States may also apply federal aid dollars towards climate resilience and safety projects.

Improve the safety of our transportation system. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $13 billion over the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act levels directly into improving roadway safety. Over five years, Georgia will receive approximately $58 million in 402 formula funding for highway safety traffic programs, which help states to improve driver behavior and reduce deaths and injuries from motor vehicle-related crashes. On an average annual basis, this represents about a 29% increase over FAST Act levels. 3 Local and tribal governments in Georgia will also be eligible to compete for $6 billion in funding for a new Safe Streets for All program which will provide funding directly to these entities to support their efforts to advance “vision zero” plans and other improvements to reduce crashes and fatalities, especially for cyclists and pedestrians. In addition, Georgia can expect to receive approximately $86.8 million over five years in funding to augment their commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety efforts to reduce CMV crashes through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) formula grant. This represents about a 74% increase in funding compared to FAST Act levels.4 Georgia will be able to apply for funds to modernize data collection systems to collect near real time data on all reported crashes, including fatal ones, to enhance safety and to allow the

Department to understand and address trends as they are identified. Georgia also includes communities that will be eligible to apply for grants to community owned utilities to support the repair or replacement of leaky and unsafe cast iron and bare steel natural gas distribution pipelines, some of which are over 100 years old.

Improve healthy, sustainable transportation options for millions of Americans. Georgians who take public transportation spend an extra 74.1% of their time commuting and non-White households are 3.9 times more likely to commute via public transportation.

7.3% of transit vehicles in the state are past useful life. Based on formula funding alone, Georgia would expect to receive about $1.5 billion over five years under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve public transportation options across the state. 5 In the first year, this represents about a 37% increase over 2021 FAST Act formula transit funding levels.

Build a network of EV chargers to facilitate long-distance travel and provide convenient charging options.

The U.S. market share of plug-in electric vehicle (EV) sales is only one-third the size of the Chinese EV market – in 2020, plug-in electric vehicles made up only 2.3% of new car sales in the U.S., compared to 6.2% in China. The President believes that must change. The law invests $7.5 billion to build out the firstever national network of EV chargers in the United States and is a critical element in the Biden-Harris Administration’s plan to accelerate the adoption of EVs to address the climate crisis and support domestic manufacturing jobs. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Georgia would expect to receive about $135 million over five years to support the expansion of an EV charging network in the state.6

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Georgia will also have the opportunity to apply for grants out of the $2.5 billion available for EV charging.

• Modernize and expand passenger rail and improve freight rail efficiency and safety. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $102 billion to eliminate the Amtrak maintenance backlog, modernize the Northeast Corridor, and bring worldclass rail service to areas outside the northeast and mid-Atlantic. Within these totals, $41 billion would be provided as grants to Amtrak, $43.5 billion for FederalState Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants for intercity rail service, including high-speed rail. On top of this, Georgia will be eligible to compete for $10 billion for rail improvement and safety grants and $5.5 billion for grade crossing safety improvements.”

Improve our nation’s airports. The United States built modern aviation, but our airports lag far behind our competitors.

Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, airports in Georgia would receive approximately $619 million for infrastructure development for airports over five years.7 This funding will address airside and landside needs at airports, such as improving runways, taxiways and airport-owned towers, terminal development projects, and noise reduction projects. In addition, $5 billion in discretionary funding is available over five years for airport terminal development projects that address the aging infrastructure of our nation’s airports, including projects that expand accessibility for persons with disabilities, improve access for historically disadvantaged populations, improve energy efficiency, and improve airfield safety.

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Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grants ($15B, expanded) – RAISE grants support surface transportation projects of local and/or regional significance.

Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grants ($14B, expanded) – INFRA grants will offer needed aid to freight infrastructure by providing funding to state and local government for projects of regional or national significance. The BIL also raises the cap on multimodal projects to 30% of program funds.

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low and No Emission Bus Programs ($5.6B, expanded) – BIL expands this competitive program which provides funding to state and local governmental authorities for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low- emission transit buses as well as acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities.

FTA Buses + Bus Facilities Competitive Program ($2.0B, expanded) – This program provides competitive funding to states and direct recipients to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct busrelated facilities including technological changes or innovations to modify low or no emission vehicles or facilities.

Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program ($23B, expanded) – The BIL guarantees $8 billion, and authorizes $15 billion more in future appropriations, to invest in new highcapacity transit projects communities choose to build.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Terminal Program ($5B, new) – This discretionary grant program will provide funding for airport terminal development and other landside projects.

MEGA Projects ($15B, new) – This new National Infrastructure Project Assistance grant program will support multi-modal, multi-jurisdictional projects of national or regional significance.

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Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Costsaving Transportation (PROTECT Program ($8.7B, new) – PROTECT will provide $7.3 billion in formula funding to states and $1.4 billion in competitive grants to eligible entities to increase the resilience of our transportation system. This includes funding for evacuation routes, coastal resilience, making existing infrastructure more resilient, or efforts to move infrastructure to nearby locations not continuously impacted by extreme weather and natural disasters.

Port Infrastructure Development Program ($2.25B, expanded) – BIL will increase investment in America’s coastal ports and inland waterways, helping to improve the supply chain and enhancing the resilience of our shipping industry. BIL overall doubles the level of investment in port infrastructure and waterways, helping strengthen our supply chain and reduce pollution.

5307 Ferry Program ($150M, existing) – BIL retains the $30 million per year passenger ferry program for ferries that serve urbanized areas.

Electric or Low Emitting Ferry Program ($500M, new) – This competitive grant program will support the transition of passenger ferries to low or zero emission technologies.

Rural Ferry Program ($2B, new) – This competitive grant program will ensure that basic essential ferry service continues to be provided to rural areas by providing funds to States to support this service.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) competitive grants for nationally significant bridges and other bridges ($15.77B, new) – This new competitive grant program will assist state, local, federal, and tribal entities in rehabilitating or replacing bridges, including culverts. Large projects and bundling of smaller bridge projects will be eligible for funding.

FTA All Station Accessibility Program ($1.75B, new) – This competitive grant program will provide funding to legacy transit and

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commuter rail authorities to upgrade existing stations to meet or exceed accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Charging and fueling infrastructure discretionary grants (Up to $2.5B, new) – This discretionary grant program will provide up to $2.5 billion in funding to provide convenient charging where people live, work, and shop.

Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program ($1B, new) – This new competitive program will provide dedicated funding to state, local, MPO, and tribal governments for planning, design, demolition, and reconstruction of street grids, parks, or other infrastructure.

FHWA Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects ($1.78B, expanded) – This discretionary program provides funding for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of nationally-significant projects within, adjacent to, or accessing Federal and tribal lands. BIL amends this program to allow smaller projects to qualify for funding and allows 100% federal share for tribal projects.

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Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant Program ($1B, new) – The SMART Grant program will be a programmed competition that will deliver competitive grants to states, local governments, and tribes for projects that improve transportation safety and efficiency.

Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program ($2B, new) – This new competitive grant program will improve and expand surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas, increasing connectivity, improving safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and generate regional economic growth.

References 1. These values are estimates and may change based on updated factor data each fiscal year.

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are subject to change as a result of the annual public road mile data certified by FHWA. The 402 amounts do not include redistribution of unawarded 405 balances per 23 USC § 405(a)(8) as that information is unknown at this time. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law specifies NHTSA must distribute the supplemental appropriations for Section 402 in “equal amounts for each fiscal year 2022 through 2026.” This analysis is subject to provisions of FY 2022FY2026 appropriations acts.

These values are estimates and may change based on updated factor data each fiscal year.

Transit formula funding amounts are subject to changes resulting from the 2020 census or from annual transit service data reported to FTA’s National Transit Database.

These values are estimates and may change based on updated factor data each fiscal year.

Precise allocations would change each year because the formulas use current passenger boarding and cargo data, and this estimate is based on 2019 data.

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APWA CONGRATULATES THE CITY OF ATLANTA & ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ATLDOT) FOR ATTAINING ITS APWA RE-ACCREDITATION. THIS CERTIFICATON PROVIDES A MEANS OF FORMALY VERIFYING AND RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORKS AGENCIES COMPLY WITH THE RECOMMENDED PRACTICES SET FOUTH IN THE PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MANUAL.

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Join us in Welcoming KEITH PUGH, APWA PRESIDENT-ELECT

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ue to the vacancy in the APWA President-Elect position, members of the APWA Board of Directors met to select the individual who will serve the balance of the term as 2021-22 President-Elect. As a result, Keith Pugh was selected to serve the remainder of the term as President-Elect and will assume the duties of President at PWX on August 30, 2022.

Keith currently serves at the Director of Region II. He received his BSCE from North Carolina State University in December 1987, and immediately began his public service career as a municipal engineer with the City of Greensboro, NC. He held numerous jobs with increasing responsibility during his tenure with

Greensboro including Transportation Planning Engineer, Construction Contracts and Assessments Manager, and Facilities Engineering Manager.

He received his Professional Engineers license in 1995. In January 2004, Pugh left the city after 16 years to become the City of High Point’s Director of Engineering Services. He retired from the City of High Point in July 2019, and now serves as Senior Technical Client Advisor with Withers Ravenel, Asheville, NC, serving their municipal clients.

Pugh’s leadership in APWA began in 2001 when he was selected to serve on the national Engineering and Technology Committee. At the Chapter level, he was elected to the North Carolina

Chapter’s Administrative Management Division (AMD) Board in 2003.

He has served in various Chapter capacities including AMD President, Chapter Director, Chapter Awards Committee Chair, Keith Pugh, Chapter President, and APWA Chapter Delegate. Pugh President-Elect has served on APWA’s Project of the Year Selection Committee and Government Affairs Committee (including two years as Committee Chair).

He Co-chaired the 2013 North American Snow Conference Host Committee.

Please join us in welcoming Keith as APWA’s new President-Elect!!

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Creating a diverse and inclusive environment that promotes equity in the American Public Works Association (APWA) is good for our members and good for our industry. Encouraging other less represented social identities to feel welcomed, inspired and empowered to join our organization not only reflects the diversity of our industry but also strengthens the ability to serve our members better.

The national Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is seeking passionate individuals to join the DEI Knowledge Team and assist with implementing objectives to promote DEI such as but not limited to: • Author DEI articles for the APWA reporter • Develop Click, Listen and Learn sessions • Support DEI sessions at PWX national conference • Share national DEI resources at your local APWA chapter DEI Knowledge Team members will virtually meet monthly and be invited quarterly to attend the DEI Committee meetings. Involvement on the DEI Knowledge Team will strengthen your opportunity for a future seat on the DEI Committee.

If you are or anyone you know is interested please reach out to the DEI Committee Chair Casey Ambrose at casey.ambrose@gilbertaz.gov or APWA Government Affairs Manager Andrea Eales at aeales@apwa.net.

INTERACTIVE EDITION available online With print and electronic communication operating hand-in-hand you can take advantage of the fact that Georgia Public Works is also available online in a highly interactive format.

The Committee is seeking passionate individuals to join the DEI Knowledge Team and assist with implementing objectives to promote DEI.

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A Special Message of Thanks and Appreciation to JEROME MATHIS AND DAJOHN MCLAWERY

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ne important feature of our division’s culture is recognizing employees for their selfless acts, resourcefulness, quick and strategic thinking, and other remarkable gestures of goodwill. These actions must always be recognized, and we are delighted to share yet another special message of recognition and appreciation for the Central Transfer Station’s second shift loading team for their quickwittedness and decisive, discerning, and impactful actions.

Recently, Central Transfer Station Loader Operator DaJohn McLawery was operating loader 19955 when his counterpart Jerome Mathis observed a glow, smoke, and small flames under the engine cover behind the cab of the loader.

These issues would not have been readily visible to DaJohn.

Once notified by Jerome, DaJohn immediately stopped the loader, got out of it, got a fire extinguisher from the tipping floor, and extinguished the fire. Once the loader was inspected, a small piece of debris under the engine cover and on top of the Regen system was observed. Due to their quick observation and action, significant and costly damage to the loader was averted, and damage was restricted to the sensor and wiring harness (which can be easily repaired).

On behalf of our Division Director Tracy Hutchinson, Fleet Maintenance Director Robert Gordon, and Central Transfer Superintendent Charlie Gill, we extend our sincerest thanks and appreciation to both DaJohn and Jerome for their swift and impactful actions.

Due to their quick observation and action, significant and costly damage to the loader was averted, and damage was restricted.

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2022 ROGER CLARK LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

March 10-11, 2022 – Decatur Courtyard Marriott Conference Center

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rotates between states and is open to Chapter leaders and those interested in becoming a Chapter leader in Regions III and IV. The Conference will be led by APWA staff and National Board members and include discussions between attending Chapters.

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More than $55 billion in toxic e-waste material is thrown away every year in the US alone, with a recycling rate of only 20% compared to 64.7% for paper.

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