Issue / FY22

DOT Announces $296 Million in Bridge Grants

Most of Joe Biden's original proposal for an "American Jobs Plan" got downsized, or jettisoned outright, on the way to becoming the...

ETW Exclusive: How Hundreds of Millions in Highway Funding Was Almost Lost Last Summer

Every year, the total amount of funding that can be legally obligated for expenditure by the federal-aid highway program is limited by...

DOT Spreads $800M in FY22 SS4A Grants Widely

On February 1, the Biden Administration announced the distribution of $800 million in road safety grant funding amongst 510 different...

Update: 96% of First-Year IIJA Competitive Funding Now Open for Application or Assigned

The New Year gives us a good opportunity to update our ongoing status page on how quickly the Department of Transportation is working...

DOT Gives $2.1 Billion for Four Large Bridge Projects

The Biden Administration announced this week that four highway bridge projects will split nearly $2.1 billion in federal funding under...

DOT Selects $1.2 Billion in Megaproject Awards for FY22 Cycle

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation notified Congress that they have selected nine projects to share almost $1.2 billion...

Biden Administration Gives $1.6 Billion for Bridge Project Sought by McConnell, Portman

President Biden will visit Covington, Kentucky tomorrow to make a joint appearance with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)...

FRA Invites Applicants for First $2.3B of Non-NEC Intercity Rail Funding

In terms of giant breaks with precedent, the dollar amount in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that most stood out was the guaranteed...

USDOT Spent Record $114 Billion in FY 2022

The final Monthly Treasury Statement for fiscal year 2022 revealed that the U.S. Department of Transportation spent a net $113.7...

GAO Finds That – Surprise! – Senior Appropriators Get More Earmarks

In the fiscal 2022 appropriations cycle, Congress resurrected the practice of earmarking individual projects for themselves in the...

DOT Announces $1.5 Billion in FY22 INFRA Grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday announced the fiscal 2022 recipients of grants under the INFRA program first...

Status Check: The First Year of IIJA Competitive Grant Funding

Last year's bipartisan infrastructure law (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA) provided a significant boost in annual...

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