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Plan calls for construction of a desalination plant on the Sea of Cortez in Mexico and a 200-mile pipeline to transport water to a reservoir west of Phoenix.

Largest allocation is $100M for the upgrade and expansion of a border station in Arizona.

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

The grants went to projects in 12 states. U.S. DOT says it received applications totaling more than $10 billion, far more than the approximately $300 million it had available.

As the 117th Congress headed into its final days, infrastructure advocates scored another legislative victory with bipartisan congressional approval of a new Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, authorizing $37.8 in federal funds for 30 new or modified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers storm protection, harbor dredging and other civil-works projects.

UPDATE: Interim chair of key federal regulator of energy, power infrastructure is named Jan. 3, but agency still has a 2-2 partisan split that could hamper project decisions until new Senate hearings confirm a permanent leader.

Long-planned $878.5-million project at Howard A. Hanson Dam, which gained new federal funding, would open 100 miles of the upper Green River for salmon spawning and rearing.

Dept. of Defense construction is a big winner in the proposed spending package, up 28% to $19B.

The rule is targets on-highway vehicles, but it includes provisions covering engine categories used in some construction equipment.

Sacramento-based Myers & Sons Construction was mobilizing to begin repairs the same day.