Items Tagged with 'US Dept. of Transportation'

After months of delays, Amtrak and US DOT names joint venture as master developer to inherit active-rail construction, single-level concourse conversion and complex staging beneath Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

Interim final rule issued this month eliminates sex- and race-based presumptions for firms to qualify as disadvantaged business enterprises.

The 2023 rule faced a legal challenge from multiple states.

DOT awarded 44 grants after receiving 200 applications.

Among the largest grants in current agency funding round are awards of $25 million each to Milwaukee and Long Beach, Calif.

The new round of grants is much smaller than the one announced in 2023, which included a one-time infusion from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Key appropriator says Federal Highway Administration's emergency fund needs more funding.

Top grant of $1B goes to a replacement bridge project linking Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis.

Private-equity bonds would boost 218-mile Brightline West project that is expected to break ground early next year.

Applications for the grants are due in February, with winners to be picked in June.