Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Archives

Truck parking in Texas, Louisiana gets $33.5M boost from DOT

28 June 2023

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a combined $33.5 million to build new truck parking facilities in Texas and Louisiana as project sponsors find ways around a lack of dedicated funding pools for such projects.

A truck travel plaza in Caldwell County, Texas, was awarded $23 million from DOT’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, a competitive grant program used to fund freight and passenger transportation projects.

Another truck parking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-parking-in-texas-louisiana-gets-335m-boost-from-dot

Watchdog finds DOT could be hindering infrastructure grants

18 November 2022

As many as 21% of applicants for federal infrastructure grants — including states, cities and port authorities — could be overestimating how much they need to contribute to their projects due to poor communication from the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to a federal watchdog agency.

That lack of communication, as outlined in a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), could mean applicants are having to dig for more money amid tight budgets or is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/watchdog-finds-dot-could-be-hindering-infrastructure-grants

Bridge collapse welcomes Biden to Pittsburgh

28 January 2022

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed hours before President Biden was expected to arrive there on Friday to deliver remarks on “strengthening the nation’s supply chains,” according to the White House.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which Biden signed in November, is to be the main topic of his speech Friday afternoon at Carnegie Mellon University, just miles from where the accident occurred along Forbes Avenue, a four-lane road considered a main artery through the city.

Watch: Drone footage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bridge-collapse-welcomes-biden-to-pittsburgh

DOT allots $1 billion in latest round of infrastructure grants

13 April 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is laying out $1 billion in the latest round of a competitive grant program that began in 2009 for freight projects.

DOT published on Tuesday a Notice of Funding Opportunity to apply for money through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants, a renaming of what had been called “BUILD” grants under the Trump administration and “TIGER” grants under the Obama administration.

The Biden administration plans to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-allots-1b-in-latest-round-of-infrastructure-grants