Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
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The Transportation Equity Act of 2005 (known by its full title as the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or SAFETEA-LU) is a piece of United States legislation that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005. It became Public Law 109-59. The stated purpose of the Act is to improve and maintain the transportation infrastructure in the United States, especially the highway and interstate road system. To this end, $286.4 billion in spending is laid out by the Act.
The law garnered a large amount of bipartisan support, though support was not unanimous. Critics charge that the Act became heavily laden with pork spending, such as, for example, a $223 million apportionment for the construction of a bridge to a small island in Alaska, as it made its way through the House of Representatives and Senate and that Congresspersons were using the bill not for the improvement of transportation but for garnering more votes in individual districts.
