The Infrastructure Act Rollout FHWA Announces 22% Boost in Core Highway Funding From IIJA Update: Lack of Full-Year Highway Obligation Cap Raises Concerns Tom Ichniowski December 15, 2021 No Comments Fiscal 2022 apportionments for formula programs total $52.5 billion, the highest in decades.Read More
Highway Infrastructure FHWA Awards $18.7M for Road-Use Fee Tests Tom Ichniowski March 22, 2021 One Comment Congress also is weighing a 50-state vehicle-miles-traveled pilot program in the coming highway bill.Read More
Highway Infrastructure States Receive $4.8B in 'Bonus' Federal FY20 Highway Funds Tom Ichniowski September 9, 2020 No Comments Each state, plus D.C., receives a share of FHWA's annual August funding redistribution.Read More
Highway Infrastructure NTSB Calls for Tunnel Inspections to Increase Focus on Electrical Systems Tom Ichniowski August 20, 2020 No Comments Recommendation comes in report on 2018 fatal Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnel crash.Read More
Highway Infrastructure FHWA Awards $15M to States for Alternative User-Fee Pilot Projects Tom Ichniowski July 9, 2020 No Comments As technology keeps changing, states keep working on alternatives or add-ons to the gas tax.Read More
Highway Infrastructure New ARTBA Dashboard Displays State-by-State Highway Funding Data Tom Ichniowski June 13, 2020 No Comments Interactive program shows each state's 10 largest federal-aid projects, with funding, location and type of work.Read More
Highway Infrastructure FHWA Proposes Major Rewrite of Bridge Inspection Regulation November 14, 2019 No Comments Plan offers two methods to determine inspection intervals. States could use one, the other, or a mix of both options.Read More
Highway Infrastructure State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances Tom Ichniowski September 6, 2019 One Comment Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.Read More
The American Infrastructure Trump Signs Disaster Relief Bill With Billions for Infrastructure Update: Construction firms waiting for agencies to turn funds into contracts. Tom Ichniowski June 6, 2019 No Comments A $19.1-billion package has $3.3 billion for Corps civil works and $2.7 billion for DOD to rebuild storm-battered bases.Read More
Bridges Pace of Upgrading Deficient Bridges Slows, ARTBA Report Says Tom Ichniowski April 1, 2019 No Comments Total structurally deficient bridges dipped by just 567 in 2018, compared with annual average decline of 1,700 in previous five years.Read More