USDOT Providing Idaho $1.3 Million in Additional Emergency Relief Funding to Repair Roads and Bridges Damaged by Flooding
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $1.3 million in Emergency Relief funds for use by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) as a down payment to offset cost of repair work needed to repair roads and bridges damaged by heavy floods in North Central and Northeastern Idaho earlier this year. Today’s funding announcement is in addition to the $3 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief fund...
Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $84 Million in 36 Drought Resiliency Projects
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a $84.7 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help 36 communities throughout the West prepare and respond to the challenges of drought. The selected projects will help bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West through investments in innovative drought resilience efforts, such as groundwater storage, rainwater harvesting, aquifer recharge, water reuse, ion exchange treatment,...
FHWA Announces Latest Round of Innovations Under Every Day Counts Program to Accelerate Innovation in Transportation Industry
EDC Round 7 advances Bipartisan Infrastructure Law priorities to improve safety, build sustainable transportation infrastructure, and grow an inclusive workforce WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the latest round of transportation innovations through the Every Day Counts (EDC) Program (EDC-7). EDC is a successful state-based program that helps identify and rapidly deploy proven, yet underutilized, innovations that f...
Governor Murphy Announces More Than $24 Million to Expand Access to Public Transportation and Spur Transit-Oriented Development
DOVER – Governor Phil Murphy today announced critical funding to expand access to safe transportation and enhance areas around public transit facilities across the state. The awards total more than $24 million across three programs as part of Governor Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Funding for the Local Aid and Economic Development Grants line-item increased by nearly 50% over the last fiscal year, representing the Murphy Administration’s commitment to a wide range of transportation options a...
Federal Highway Investments in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law ‘Working as Intended,’ ARTBA Tells Senate Committee
WASHINGTON—Twenty-nine thousand transportation improvement projects are moving forward thanks to year-one Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President & CEO Dave Bauer told Senators Nov. 30 during testimony before the Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee. “Though each project has a unique story of need and solution, they are all tangible illustrations of the impacts underway from the leadership of this commi...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $48.2 Million Loan for Rural Highway Safety Project in Nicollet County, Minnesota
Bureau’s Rural Project Initiative Provides Financing at Half the Treasury Rate WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America Bureau has provided a low-interest loan of up to $48.2 million to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) to reconstruct 12 miles of Highway 14 to a four-lane, divided highway from the City of New Ulm to the City of Nicollet, bypassing the City of Courtland – helping to impro...
HDR Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary of IIJA with $649 Million in Client Grant Awards
HDR’s REM Approach Helps Agencies Prioritize and Align Transportation Projects for Funding OMAHA, Neb. — One year after the president signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on November 15, 2021, HDR's broad-based grants support team has achieved a strong track record of success and is poised to build on it in 2023. The firm has assisted clients in obtaining $649 million in discretionary grant funding for 26 transportation projects across 19 states — with more 2022 gra...
Forbright Bank Provides Financing to Two Solar Parks in Puerto Rico
Forbright’s lead financing helps support the goal of transitioning 40% of the island’s energy to renewable sources by 2025 CHEVY CHASE, MD -- Forbright Bank, a nationwide full-service bank that is helping accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, has successfully raised and syndicated debt facilities for Infinigen Renewables, a subsidiary of ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VII, L.P., (together with its affiliates, "ArcLight"). Infinigen owns and operates two solar parks in Pu...
Superior Construction Wins Two FDOT Projects Worth a Combined $112.5M
Contracts include I-4 interchange repairs near Orlando, improvements to I-295 and U.S. 17 in Northeast Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, has won two Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contracts worth approximately $112.5 million. The heavy civil contractor was awarded FDOT’s project to complete much-need improvements to the I-295 and U.S. 17 Interchange, as well as a contract to improve the I-4 and Daryl Carter Pa...
Port Funds Bicycle, Pedestrian Infrastructure Projects
Community Grants Program concept papers due in January The Port of Long Beach is accepting concept papers for bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure projects that qualify for funding under its award-winning Community Grants Program. The award-winning Community Grants Program is a more than $46 million effort to fund projects that help those in the community who are most vulnerable to port-related environmental impacts. These projects are expanding asthma services, controlling stormwater r...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
