Nevada Brings Home Additional $32 Million in Federal Transportation Funding
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation has announced that approximately $32 million in additional federal highway spending authority has been made available for Nevada road projects through redistribution of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) fiscal year-end funds. The additional federal spending authority will help preserve state transportation funds to make them available for other road projects throughout the state. Known as August Redistribution, the FHWA annual...
NJDOT Receives Federal Accelerated Innovation Deployment Grant for Pilot Road Weather Management System
(Trenton) -The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) today announced its first ever Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to better manage the State’s road system during weather events. This $322,461 grant will support a weather savvy roads pilot program in which up to 20 NJDOT vehicles will be outfitted with dashboard cameras and weather sensors that will feed data directly to the Department, allowing for improved situati...
Video: The Infrastructure Gap
John Authers reports from discussions at the World Bank annual meetings in Peru about problems raising finance for infrastructure. Why is the private sector reluctant to invest? Filmed by John Authers for the Financial Times. Edited by Paolo Pascual. Still images from AFP.
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $586 Million in Airport Infrastructure Grants
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $586 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. “These airport investments will create jobs in local communities, upgrade reliability and further improve safety of air travel for the flying public,” said Secretary Chao. This fifth incr...
FHWA Taking Applications for $225M Competitive Bridge Funding Opportunity
The Federal Highway Administration said in a notice of funding opportunity issued Sept. 5 that it will be accepting grant applications for $225 million worth of funding via its Competitive Highway Bridge program through Dec. 4. FHWA added in its NOFO that “eligible applicants” for competitive bridge grants are state departments of transportation representing states with a population density of less than 100 individuals per square mile. Per that requirement, the agency said eligible state D...
Governor Walker Announces Almost $16 Million in Awards for Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
Governor Scott Walker today announced that 29 agencies across the state will receive $15.7 million in funding for Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) projects. TAP projects are federally-funded, smaller scale transportation projects have a utilitarian purpose which expand travel choice, strengthen the local economy, improve the quality of life and protect the environment. “It’s important that both urban and rural residents have safe options to get to school and work,” says Governor Walke...
Department of Energy Announces $80 Million Investment in Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 42 projects totaling $80 million to support advanced vehicle technologies that can enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence on foreign sources of critical materials, and enhance U.S. economic growth. This work supports DOE’s goal to invest in early-stage research of transportation technologies that can give families and businesses greater choice in how they...
Governor Cuomo Announces New York to Invest $127.7 Million Volkswagen Settlement in Clean Vehicles
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced New York will utilize the $127.7 million received from the 2016 Volkswagen settlement to dramatically increase the number of electric vehicles and other clean vehicles in the state. Covered vehicles include new buses, trucks, locomotives, ferries, tug boats, and cargo handling equipment, as well as the availability of electric vehicle charging equipment statewide. At the Governor's direction, the state Department of Environmental Conservation in concert w...
U.S. DOT Official Joins State and Local Leaders to Announce $90 Million Infrastructure Investment for Idaho
NAMPA, Idaho – On behalf of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao, Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson joined state and local officials today to announce a $90.2 million grant for the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD)’s I-84 Karcher Interchange to Franklin Boulevard project. The funding is provided through the “Infrastructure for Rebuilding America” (INFRA) discretionary grant program. “The Department is proud to help Idaho invest in better transportation...
Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter and FHWA Deputy Administrator Brandye Hendrickson announce $90.2M grant to expand I-84 in Nampa
NAMPA – Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Brandye Hendrickson and Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter commemorated the historic approval of a $90.2 million grant that will help fund the expansion of Interstate 84 in Canyon County. The grant is part of the Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) program, administered through the U.S. Department of Transportation. The program is a major investment in transportation funding by the Trump Administration. Across the na...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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