Transportation and Infrastructure

Alex understands that for California families and businesses to succeed, they need safe, reliable infrastructure they can count on. After years of unfulfilled promises from Washington, and decades of federal underinvestment in California’s infrastructure, Alex helped deliver the largest investment in our nation’s infrastructure in nearly a century. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is investing tens of billions in federal funding to California’s roads, bridges, public transportation, ports, and broadband—all while combating the climate crisis and creating good-paying, union jobs. Thanks to legislation that Alex authored as part of the new law, it is also strengthening our electrical grids (POWER On Act), ensuring access to clean drinking water (Drought Resiliency Investment Act), electrifying our school bus fleets (Clean Commute for Kids Act), and improving Tribal health infrastructure (Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act).

Recent News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with Representatives Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.-33), Jim Costa (D-Calif.-21), and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18), urged Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to approve the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority)...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate passed a legislative package containing several provisions that U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) secured to bolster California’s water infrastructure and promote economic development. The package includes the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved waivers for two California clean vehicle regulations that will allow the state to significantly reduce pollution from passenger cars and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with Representatives Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.-33), Jim Costa (D-Calif.-21), and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18), urged Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to approve the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority)...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate passed a legislative package containing several provisions that U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) secured to bolster California’s water infrastructure and promote economic development. The package includes the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved waivers for two California clean vehicle regulations that will allow the state to significantly reduce pollution from passenger cars and...
Investment marks the final tranche of funding required to complete the South Bay IWTP upgrade project WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, announced...
Proposed investment would support the creation of the largest SiC semiconductor factory for Bosch and create up to 1,700 jobs in California WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement that the U.S. Department...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of $135.2 million to help 12 California recipients purchase a combined 455 zero-emission vehicles. The funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act as part...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded 12 grants to California rail infrastructure projects totaling over $279 million. The grants are part of the DOT’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI)...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will award over $1 billion across seven California ports to build...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will receive over $203 million for two highway infrastructure projects in Redwood City and Tulare, California. The federal investments will fund critical infrastructure...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will receive a combined $220.6 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to improve mobility along the Interstate...