From truck parking and port rail to bridge replacements and highway bottlenecks, USDOT's latest BUILD grants are steering future transportation investment.
SK hynix is advancing construction of its $3.8-billion semiconductor hub in Indiana, marking a major step in expanding advanced chip manufacturing in the U.S. The facility will be the company's first manufacturing site outside Asia and is backed by federal CHIPS Act funding.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $85-million contract to a Black & Veatch-Stantec joint venture to advance the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, a key effort to keep the invasive fish species out of the Great Lakes. Work will support design of a layered system of engineered barriers and deterrent technologies at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam.
Arizona's new $11.3-billion transportation program does more than map future projects—it offers an early glimpse of how states are planning beyond IIJA.
USDOT opened applications for $626.7 million in INFRA grants, including a new $200-million truck-parking set-aside and preferences for large freight projects.
But will added taxpayer funds for new, reopened and upgraded coal power plants be enough to meet growing energy demand, attract private investors and users and reinvigorate a long ailing segment?