--- title: President Barack Obama To Propose $302 Billion Highway Repair Program description: The White House said President Obama is set to unveil a $302 proposal to repair and rebuild roads, bridges and transit systems across the U.S., including funding from $150 billion in revenue raised through what the administration is calling "pro-growth business tax reform" canonical: https://time.com/9846/obama-to-propose-302-billion-highway-repair-program/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-26T13:36:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:29:28.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Barack Obama To Propose $302 Billion Highway Repair Program og:description: The White House said President Obama is set to unveil a $302 proposal to repair and rebuild roads, bridges and transit systems across the U.S., including funding from $150 billion in revenue raised through what the administration is calling "pro-growth business tax reform" og:url: https://time.com/9846/obama-to-propose-302-billion-highway-repair-program/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab08cf99afcb0675/6986830ed0b6f24a9b302fd4/highwaylasvegas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Aerial Views Of Las Vegas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Barack Obama To Propose $302 Billion Highway Repair Program twitter:description: The White House said President Obama is set to unveil a $302 proposal to repair and rebuild roads, bridges and transit systems across the U.S., including funding from $150 billion in revenue raised through what the administration is calling "pro-growth business tax reform" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab08cf99afcb0675/6986830ed0b6f24a9b302fd4/highwaylasvegas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama To Propose $302 Billion Highway Repair Program > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Feb 26, 2014 1:36 PM UTC  U.S. Route 95 in Las Vegas, Nevada U.S. Route 95 in Las Vegas, NevadaEthan Miller—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Feb 26, 2014 1:36 PM UTC President Obama will propose a four-year, $302 billion transportation program on Wednesday to repair and rebuild roads, bridges and transit systems, the White House said. The program would include funding from $150 billion in revenue raised through “pro-growth business tax reform”, said the White House. The initial announcement said this would include “closing unfair tax loopholes, lowering tax rates, and making the system more fair,” though it included few specific details. Infrastructure in the United States has deteriorated in recent years, and the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country’s roads, ports, bridges and other infrastructure an overall grade of D+ last year in its annual rating program. The Associated Press [found](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/15/bridges-need-repair/2816881/) last year that 65,605 bridges in the federal National Bridge Inventory were classified as “structurally deficient.” The Obama administration called for a $77 billion transportation program last year as part of its 2013 budget proposal and has proposed other measures in the past, but the efforts have stalled in Congress. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/9846/obama-to-propose-302-billion-highway-repair-program/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/9846/obama-to-propose-302-billion-highway-repair-program/"},"headline":"Obama To Propose $302 Billion Highway Repair Program","datePublished":"2014-02-26T13:36:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:29:28.000Z","description":"The White House said President Obama is set to unveil a $302 proposal to repair and rebuild roads, bridges and transit systems across the U.S., including funding from $150 billion in revenue raised through what the administration is calling \"pro-growth business tax reform\"","url":"https://time.com/9846/obama-to-propose-302-billion-highway-repair-program/","keywords":["Infrastructure","Transportation","White House","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab08cf99afcb0675/6986830ed0b6f24a9b302fd4/highwaylasvegas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab08cf99afcb0675/6986830ed0b6f24a9b302fd4/highwaylasvegas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Aerial Views Of Las Vegas","caption":"Aerial Views Of Las Vegas","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infrastructure/","name":"Infrastructure"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/9846/obama-to-propose-302-billion-highway-repair-program/","name":"Obama To Propose $302 Billion Highway Repair Program"}}]}] ```