Federal agencies are disclosing more American Recovery and Reinvestment Act construction plans. The Housing and Urban Development Dept. on May 5 outlined how it will allot $980 million in Community Development Block Grants, some of which is expected to go for infrastructure. The Dept. of Transportation on May 7 announced it will divide $743 million in stimulus aid among 11 transit projects. On May 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $111.9 million for brownfield cleanups, including $37.3 million from the stimulus.
HUD’s stimulus CDBGs will be split among some 1,200 states, cities and counties by a formula that includes an area’s population, poverty and age of housing. New York City gets $48.3 million, the largest share. Chicago receives $22.4 million.