Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Archives

DOT pumping $1.2 billion into rural freight network

25 January 2022

The Biden administration on Tuesday released $246 million in FY22 funding toward completing a 3,000-mile rural freight and passenger network expected to reap time and cost savings for long-haul trucking.

The money is part of a $1.2 billion, five-year funding package authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), a network running through 13 states from New York to Mississippi. It is approximately 85% completed and is expected to be 100%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-pumping-12-billion-into-rural-freight-network

Top 10 states winning Biden’s bridge-fixing windfall

14 January 2022

California will take home the biggest share of the $27 billion federal bridge repair and replace program, the first highway infrastructure funding package to be rolled out under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

State	Five-year funding
California	$4,246,868,525
New York	$1,892,071,670
Pennsylvania	$1,635,892,965
Illinois	$1,374,037,635
New Jersey	$1,147,100,410
Massachusetts	$1,126,280,955
Louisiana	$1,013,282,645
Washington	$605,063,355
Michigan	$563,136,760
Connecticut

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-10-states-winning-bidens-bridge-fixing-windfall

Infrastructure money: ‘Informed risks’ to help guide rollout

11 January 2022

With an unprecedented $567 billion it will be receiving from the new bipartisan infrastructure law — much of it to help unclog supply chain bottlenecks — the U.S. Department of Transportation is girding itself for the increased scrutiny it expects to receive to ensure against waste, fraud and abuse.

Katie Thomson, who was named director of bipartisan infrastructure law implementation in December, will focus on working with the White House and other federal and state agencies to “get things done...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/infrastructure-money-science-informed-risks-to-guide-rollout