Issue / FY22
Update: 96% of First-Year IIJA Competitive Funding Now Open for Application or Assigned
Jan 20, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe 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
Jan 06, 2023 | Jeff DavisThe 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
Jan 04, 2023 | Jeff DavisLast 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
Jan 03, 2023 | Jeff DavisPresident 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
Dec 09, 2022 | Jeff DavisIn 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
Oct 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe 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
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisIn 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
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe 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
Sep 06, 2022 | Jeff DavisLast year's bipartisan infrastructure law (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA) provided a significant boost in annual...
FHWA Narrowly Avoids Lapse of FY22 Highway Funds in August Redistribution
Sep 06, 2022 | Jeff DavisAfter some extra encouragement from the Federal Highway Administration, state DOTs collectively managed to request just enough highway...
White House Requests RAISE Grant Extension, Extra Corps Funding in CR
Sep 05, 2022 | Jeff DavisContinuing its recent practice of waiting as late as possible on Friday afternoon to send out its news announcements, the White House...
Biden Signs Budget Reconciliation Bill into Law; EV Tax Credits Change Immediately
Aug 19, 2022 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden on August 16 signed into law the long-awaited budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 5376) containing hundreds of billions of...