Articles Tagged with ''Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act''

The sudden collapse of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge early on Jan. 28, 2022, gained national attention, occurring the same day as a pre-planned visit to the city by President Joe Biden and just weeks after Congress passed the $1.2-trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in part to restore the safety and integrity of aging U.S. transportation systems.

Awards are the first of the IIJA bridge program's large project grants to go out.

The passenger rail route between Boston and Washington D.C. is the busiest in the U.S. and continues to grow in ridership.

The formal challenge takes issue with a December 2021 guidance document from FHWA on how states might use the billions of federal highway formula dollars provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A separate program, coming later, will apply to Northeast Corridor projects.

Bhatt was most recently a senior vice president with AECOM, and was previously CEO of Intelligent Transportation Society of America.

Industry sees shortcomings in project review, Buy America provisions 

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant has supported a variety of projects aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions and making buildings more efficient.

Industry praises formula funding pace, but is critical of Buy America and project review implementation.

A top industry priority: protecting IIJA funding.