Prior to leading the federal highway agency, Bhatt had led three state DOTs and worked at AECOM.

The Federal Highway Administration has released a extensive blueprint for implementing the use of vehicle-to-everything, or V2X, connectivity through 2036.

Aim of the grants is to build a "pipeline" of new bridge projects, FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt says.

Texas, California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania receive largest federal-aid highway funding shares.

The total is a record amount for FHWA's annual August funding redistribution.

The memo from FHWA settles a months-long controversy over highway funding priorities.

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

Bhatt, most recently a senior vice president with AECOM, previously led the Delaware and Colorado state transportation departments.

Shailen P. Bhatt, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration, got through his Senate confirmation hearing with strong support and no visible signs of opposition.

President Joe Biden has announced he will nominate Shailen Bhatt, former head of the Colorado and Delaware DOTs and now a senior executive with AECOM, to lead the Federal Highway Administration.