Program is aimed at helping to carry out President Biden’s plan to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations by 2030.

The largest of the grants, at $56 million, goes toward a project set to cap a section of highway running through Buffalo, N.Y.

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

AGC, ARTBA, ACEC, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other groups target the 2021 guidance document on how states should prioritize IIJA highway funding.

Awards are the first of the IIJA bridge program's large project grants to go out.

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.

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

Two TIFIA loans are expected to help Virginia finance its $2.7-billion program to modernize its stretch of Interstate 81.

Approved ballot measures could provide $20B for infrastructure projects.