State departments of transportation are receiving an additional $7.9 billion for highway and bridge projects, thanks to the Federal Highway Administration’s latest annual August redistribution of funds that FHWA has not yet obligated to certain nationwide programs.
In an Aug. 31 memo from administrator Shailen Bhatt, FHWA notified state DOTs that the total to be redistributed for fiscal year 2023 is $7.9 billion, the largest amount ever, and a 27% increase over 2022’s $6.2 billion.