Watch a Director of Public Works discuss how they leveraged federal grant funding to improve project technology.

Federal 2022-23 budget, released last month includes first-time funding and incentives for projects to stem climate change impacts; Aecon, FCC Construccion head group awarded big Toronto rail electrification project

Former state DOT leaders say the $1.3 trillion infrastructure bill would be a start, but other funding is needed for critical infrastructure maintenance and new projects.

Doxel uses computer vision to predict, track and monitor progress on construction sites. The startup recently raised $40 million in Series B funding.

Louisiana highway projects will get an extra $80 million boost from redistributed federal highway funds that other states did not spend. State officials say this is the largest amount of redistributed federal funds the state has ever received, although this could be the last year for the additional money because of a lack of matching state funds.

Fresh off a resounding endorsement of a $1.6 billion road bond referendum, West Virginia transportation officials are now strategizing how those funds, along with other recently approved revenue sources, will be put to work.

More than 900 West Virginia highway and bridge projects are in line to receive funding from a $1.6 billion bond proposal that goes before the state’s voters on October 7. The bonds are part of a $2.8 billion transportation funding initiative proposed earlier this year by Gov. Jim Justice (R).

A $325-billion, six-year highway- transit authorization has been rolled out in the House, a step that construction officials welcome.