The Senate on Wednesday approved a measure that extends federal transportation funding for three weeks.
The transportation funding extension until Nov. 20 will keep highway and transit funding that state and local projects rely on at current levels. It was the third extension this year, and the 14th in recent years.
Unlike earlier extensions this year and last, it will not require finding additional funding that critics have called gimmicks. The gas-tax-funded Highway Trust Fund has received a slight boost in recent months and is not expected to run low on cash as rapidly as once anticipated.
The temporary funding measure was passed with the hope that House and Senate conferees can reach agreement by next month on long-term bills passed by both bodies.
