Bill reflects a proposal in Bidenâs infrastructure plan Initiative includes 5-year fund to reconnect neighborhoods April 19, 2021 1:42 PM By Lillianna Byington Democrats began translating President Joe Bidenâs infrastructure plan into legislation Monday with a bill to reconnect urban communities cut off by highways. The bill from Senate Democrats, led by Environment and Public Works Chairman Tom Carper (Del.), would create grants to finance the removal or retrofitting of highway overpasses and depressed highways that have harmed neighborhoods often occupied by low-income individuals and communities of color. The legislation would authorize $15 billion over five years for the program. Bidenâs $2.25 trillion infrastructure and jobs package released last month proposed $20 billion for a new plan âto reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments and ensure new projects increase opportunity, advance racial equity and environmental justice, and promote affordable access.â