Highway Infrastructure FHWA Allocates $61B in IIJA Formula Highway, Bridge Funds Tom Ichniowski October 5, 2023 No Comments Texas, California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania receive largest federal-aid highway funding shares.Read More
Railroads US DOT Awards $1.4B in Grants to Rail Infrastructure Projects Tom Ichniowski September 25, 2023 No Comments FRA receives $6B in grant applications, four times the funds available.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure Buttigieg to House Committee: Infrastructure Act Funds Are Moving Along Tom Ichniowski September 21, 2023 No Comments Cost increases were a major concern of the Committee, as well as some still-unresolved details of Buy America provisions.Read More
Environment EPA Awards $105M in Grants to Improve Recycling Infrastructure Tom Ichniowski September 13, 2023 No Comments The funding is EPA's largest recycling investment in 30 years, a top official says.Read More
Federal Programs FEMA Awards $2.4B in Infrastructure Resilience Grants Tom Ichniowski August 29, 2023 No Comments The agency picked 273 projects to share in the grants, which are not generally greater than $50 million. Read More
Infrastructure Act New White House Buy America Guidance Draws Scrutiny Tom Ichniowski August 20, 2023 No Comments Construction and transportation officials say implementing the new requirements could pose problems.Read More
Bridge Infrastructure Study: Small Gain in US Bridge Conditions, But Backlog Still Daunting Tom Ichniowski August 16, 2023 No Comments Report by transportation trade group ARTBA says the number of deficient bridges declined by 560, or 1.3%, over the past year.Read More
Power Carbon Capture, Grid Upgrades Gain Millions in New Federal Funds DOE picks 16 projects to receive $23.4 million to speed development Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin July 12, 2023 No Comments The U.S. Dept. of Energy will invest more than $231 million to accelerate carbon management at large-scale U.S. geologic storage areas and support new grid resilience and energy storage projects and research for nine states and three Tribes.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure US DOT Picks Winners for $2.2B in RAISE Grants Tom Ichniowski June 29, 2023 No Comments Roadway projects received approximately half of the total funding, with about $1.1 billion.Read More
Infrastructure Act US DOT Opens Round for IIJA Grant Competitions Totaling $5.6B Tom Ichniowski June 27, 2023 No Comments Department's combined application, now called the Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant program, has an Aug. 21 deadline.Read More