Package includes $7M in planning grants for major highway freight corridors.

OMB seeks comments on possible change regarding aggregates, other materials IIJA excluded from Buy America.

Unclear details on broadened Buy America rules on projects announced by President Biden during his State of the Union Address have industry officials concerned.

The construction industry's unemployment rate increased from December's figure but was down from the year-earlier level.

Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.),, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, foresees a busy to-do list, saying “We have an aggressive agenda ahead of us,”

Largest grant is $292M for concrete casing, part of New York-New Jersey Hudson Tunnel project.

Loans will go to rural electric utilities and co-ops to expand electric grid infrastructure and beef up security, said USDA.

NTSB says that "all aspects of the collapse remain under investigation."

U.S. DOT has provided an initial $29.4 million in emergency aid to Caltrans and four federal agencies to assist with the cleanup and repair of highways and bridges in the wake of the rainstorms that battered California in December and January.

New Bureau of Labor Statistics report says union portion of the total private sector construction workforce declined last year to 11.7%, the lowest annual level in a decade, but building trades counter that data understates organized labor strength.