Infrastructure & Technology

Connecting the Last Best Place to the rest of the country and the world requires strong, reliable, and up-to-date infrastructure and technology. Investments in roads, bridges, and airports ensure that Montana’s communities remain safely linked. And access to reliable internet and television broadcasts ensures Montana businesses can succeed in a modern economy, and gives folks the opportunity to connect across the state and beyond.

As a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology, Jon is leading the charge in providing rural America with access to the same technology and resources given to urban areas.

Jon worked across the aisle for months to negotiate his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which made significant and urgently-needed investments in Montana’s roads, bridges, airports, high-speed internet, water systems, public transportation, and more. Jon worked with five Republicans, four Democrats, and the White House to craft a law that will create hundreds of thousands of American jobs while making targeted investments to strengthen our nation—without raising taxes on working families.

Jon is also backing the Broadband DATA Act, which expands rural broadband coverage by directing the Federal Communications Commission to build more accurate broadband coverage maps. And he served as part of a bipartisan working group tasked with passing the Chips and Science Act—legislation to maintain America’s competitive technological edge over China by boosting manufacturing capacity and keeping jobs in America.

Tester Secures Nearly $75 Million to Repair Critical Infrastructure on Highway 93
Funding comes from the Senator’s bipartisan infrastructure law As a direct result of his bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $74,872,287 to reconstruct US 93 from south of Kicking Horse Road to Brooke Lane to provide two-travel...
Tester Secures $24 Million to Repair Highway 200, Reconnect East Missoula
Funding comes from the Senator’s bipartisan infrastructure law As a direct result of his bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $24,000,000 to update the Highway 200 corridor to improve connections between Missoula and East Missoula. This corridor is...
Tester Secures $1 Million for Water System Improvements in Whitehall
Funding comes from the Senator’s bipartisan infrastructure law As a result of U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s bipartisan infrastructure law, Jefferson County will receive $1,000,000 for improvements to the Whitehall Treatment Plant. This funding comes from Tester’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)....