U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $99.9 Million Grant Award for the MAX Red Line Extension and Reliability Improvements Project in Portland, Oregon
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a construction grant award of $99.9 million to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for "A Better Red," the MAX Red Line Extension and Reliability Improvements Project in the Portland metro area. The 7.8-mile red line extension will help connect Beaverton, Portland International Airport, and the Gateway Transit Center, providing a frequent, reliable and low-...
FAA Invests $42 Million in Airports Across Alaska
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award seven Alaska airports a total of $42 million in Airport Improvement Program grants to help with safety, access and sustainability efforts. The FAA has awarded more than 64 grants totaling $257.4 million to Alaska airports during fiscal year 2021. “These grants reflect our ongoing commitment to the unique needs of Alaska aviation community and our focus on supporting the extensive Alaska Nati...
Agency of Transportation Announces 2022 Transportation Alternatives Program Grant Opportunit
Barre, Vt. — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) today announced that it is now accepting grant applications for the SFY 2022 Transportation Alternatives Program. This year, funding of approximately $2.2 million is available for all eligible activities as described in the Vermont Transportation Alternatives Fall 2021 Application Guide at http://vtrans.vermont.gov/highway/local-projects/transport-alt. Applications are due by e-mail by Wednesday, November 24, 2021. A virtual informatio...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces First Ever INFRA Extra Project Designations to Help Fund Dozens of Priority Projects in Communities Around the Country
WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Transportation today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration will designate 44 projects around the country as INFRA Extra, making them eligible to apply for credit assistance for up to 49% of costs. These projects made it to the final round for funding under the 2021 INFRA competitive grant program, but were not awarded due to a combination of overwhelming demand for INFRA grants and limited funds. Like projects that received INFRA, the projects receivin...
Transportation Commission awards over $24 million in contracts in September
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — During its September 16 business meeting, the Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded over $24 million in contracts for seven Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects. The commission awarded a $10.7 million bid to Cheyenne contractor Knife River to complete milling and paving work on Interstate 25 in Platte County. In Park County, McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. out of Worland will be grading, paving and chip sealing a six-mile section of Wyoming High...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Its Largest Package of Loans Ever, Up to $3.84 billion, for Sound Transit to Carry Out Six Projects in Washington State
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it has provided a package of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans of up to $3.84 billion for the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for the financing of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension and refinancing of an additional five projects (the Projects.) The total savings to Sound Transit is estimated to be more than $630 million over the life of the loans, while helpin...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million in Awards under the New Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) Demonstration Program
WASHINGTON – The U.S Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has selected five recipients to receive a total of $5 million under the new Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) program. The RIA program will help accelerate project delivery through a variety of ways, including project planning, studies and analysis, and preliminary engineering and design work. The selected RIAs are: Fresno Council of Governments, Fresno, California: $1 mil...
Iowa Transportation Commission approves transit infrastructure grant program funding
MES, Iowa – At its meeting in Ames today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $1.5 million in funding to support six public transit projects. The projects are funded under the state Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund for new or improved facilities to support public transit services. Made available each year by the Iowa General Assembly, a transit system can apply to have up to 80 percent of their project funded through this program. To qualify, a transit system must secure loca...
Johnson Controls Issues First $500 Million Sustainability-Linked Bond
Johnson Controls becomes first S&P500 industrial company to publish an integrated sustainable finance framework and issue a Sustainability-Linked Bond Sustainability-Linked Bond will target greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals The offering and publication of an integrated sustainable finance framework represent new milestones in sustainable finance, following entry into sustainability-linked revolving credit facility in 2019 and issuance of inaugural green bond in 2020 CORK, Irel...
Simpson Strong-Tie Aids Hurricane Ida Recovery with $25,000 Donation to Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Pleasanton, Calif. — The havoc from Hurricane Ida making landfall on August 29 has affected states across the Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. In addition to winds in excess of 100 mph, the storm has brought with it historic rainfall, flooding and tornadoes that have left thousands of people homeless or displaced and more than a million without power, even as many survivors mourn the loss of loved ones with at least 71 deaths already recorded. Hurricane Ida is on course to prove one of...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
