Articles Tagged with ''Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act''

The largest grant goes to Phoenix Sky Harbor for work on a new taxiway. 

Grants are capped at $25 million, but transportation infrastructure projects aim to have significant regional or local impact.

Departing Democrat Allison Clements will be replaced, as two new Democrats and a Republican are set to join the independent regulator of interstate oil and gas, hydropower and transmission projects.

As the five-year rollout of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passes its halfway mark, funds continue to flow to nonfederal agencies, including the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s late May announcement of two sets of grants, totaling $529.7 million, from IIJA-created programs.

Only about a half-dozen IIJA formula-funded EV ports are in place. 

Report looks at two possible future scenarios: maintaining IIJA-level funding for infrastructure and a return to lower, pre-IIJA levels.

To date, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has seen about $454 billion in funds announced, supporting more than 56,000 projects and funding awards. The update coincides with the start of Infrastructure Week.

Labor unions reportedly plan to spend as much as eight figures to support the current president's reelection.

Grants go to 80 road, bridge, transit and other projects to improve their ability to withstand floods, rising seas and other harmful effects of climate change in 37 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

Population shifts and ridership trends increased some regions' transit funding but reduced others.