Alaskan congressman Don Young is driving forward proposals for a bridge over the Knik Arm inlet near Anchorage. Funding for the bridge will be included in a US$375 billion transportation bill, said Young, who is chairman of the House transportation and infrastructure committee. It is better to move ahead now on the bridge itself and to leave construction of some of the approach routes for later, he said, as the approaches would face lengthy environmental studies which could delay the whole scheme.