While highway funding and formula-distributed funds in the Infrastructure Act have gotten good reviews, Republicans find fault with how FHWA is carrying out discretionary programs.

The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act contains highway-related provisions that aim to give a boost to infrastructure projects in disadvantaged communities and for the use of low-carbon construction materials on federal highway projects.

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.

The Reconnecting Communities pilot program has about $200M per year in grants, and will announce the first round of awards in early 2023.

Plan requires approval by Congress, where reactions were mixed.

The congressionally requested report showed that half of the state DOTs spent at least 60% of their total engineering and design-related costs for such highway projects on outside engineering consultants.

Long path ahead before Congress sets final spending levels for fiscal 2023.

Long-serving House member led the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2001 to 2007.

New law boosts 2022 funds for many, not all, construction programs.

Agencies have allocated $110B in 110 days, infrastructure implementation chief says.