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Non-residential spending rose slightly, but experts predict overall spending to continue to decline.

Chicago City Council has approved a plan to borrow $830 million for repairs and upgrades to the city's transportation infrastructure.

Raises peaked in 2023, but remain high compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Concerns over tariffs will factor heavily as the year continues.

Materials prices are expected to rise in the face of tariffs.

Rate cuts have slowed in the first quarter of 2025, and experts predict rising materials costs ahead.

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation said in a letter to New York's governor that it has rescinded its earlier approval for New York City’s first-in-the-country congestion pricing program. 

The low-cost federal loans will help fund projects at the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and northern Utah’s Weber Basin Water Conservancy District.

Policy changes open new controversies related to “energy dominance,” transportation funding tied to birth rates and immigration “cooperation,” disappearing DEI programs among agencies and contractors—and tariffs.

Overall construction prices are more than 40% higher than in February 2020.