President Joe Biden has signed a wide-ranging $1-trillion infrastructure package, the largest such measure in decades, which will provide substantial and long-sought funding for upgrades to highways, transit and passenger rail lines, water systems, the electric grid and other public works.

拜登（Biden）于11月15日在白宫南草坪的午后仪式上签署了期待已久的措施，这是《基础设施投资和就业法》。庞大的包裹是多年来最重要的联邦建筑法规。

它包括联邦高速公路和运输计划的五年重新授权，比以前的高速公路运输立法增长了30％以上，以及水基础设施的重新授权。

It contains more than $500 billion in federal funding above current baseline levels in several infrastructure categories.

一位发言者签署法令的仪式,参议院Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), said the legislation will allow major projects in his state to advance, including the Gateway rail tunnels under the Hudson River.

Schumer added it also "will begin the necessary efforts to prevent the worst of climate change," by funding projects to make buildings more resilient.

The enactment marked the end of months of proposals, counter-proposals and counter-counter proposals that culminated in Senate passage on Aug. 10 and House approval on Nov. 5.

拜登说：“我们的基础设施曾经被评为世界上最好的。”但是，根据世界经济论坛的说法，现在，美国排名第13位。

拜登说：“好吧，这将要改变。”“事情将大大转移。”

Biden was introduced by Heather Kurtenbach, a business agent, organizer and political director of Iron Workers Local 86 in Seattle.

库尔滕巴赫（Kurtenbach）讲述了她的故事，其中包括在监狱里的时间和漫长的求职，导致了学徒制，工作和晋升。

她称赞拜登（Biden）和新立法，并说：“将建立整个国家的基础设施，为像我这样的人创造出色的工会工作。”

The bill's signing drew many messages of praise from industry groups that pushed hard or infrastructure legislation for years.

例如，国家公用事业承包商协会认为包装的饮酒水，废水处理和光纤宽带电缆有益。

核心首席执行官道格·卡尔森（Doug Carlson）在一份声明中说：“我们的成员渴望上班。”