FTA Announces $928.8 Million Grant Agreement for Minneapolis Southwest Light Rail Transit Project
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $928.8 million grant agreement to the Metropolitan Council for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The project extends an existing light rail line from downtown Minneapolis to the southwestern suburbs in a corridor where population, employment and traffic congestion are growing rapidly. "FTA is proud to join our partners in Minnesota to improve public tra...
FTA Announces $1.2 Billion Grant Agreement for San Francisco Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Project
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $1.2 billion grant agreement with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) for the Transbay Corridor Core Capacity project in San Francisco, California. "This investment in California will improve public transportation and support economic recovery in the Bay Area," said FTA Deputy Administrator K. Jane Williams. "This project will allow BART to operate additional trains...
Rebuild Beirut
Help Blast Victims in Beirut Rebuild Their Homes Last month, a chemical explosion ravaged the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. With a 5 km blast radius, thousands of homes were flattened and hundreds of lives were lost. Our engineer Carl Abinader is usually based in Sacramento, but was staying with family in his home country of Lebanon at the time of the explosion. Thankfully, Carl is safe, but his family and their neighbors’ lives have been devastated. Carl is staying in Beirut t...
FHWA Issues Emergency Funds to Louisiana for Storm Recovery
The Federal Highway Administration issued $5 million in “quick release” emergency relief funds on September 4 to help Louisiana begin repairing highways and bridges damaged by Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Marco. [Above photo by the Louisiana DOTD.] Louisiana experienced high winds and heavy rain from August 23-29 due to those storms, with high winds and floods causing significant damage throughout the western half of the state. The FHWA added that “quick release” funds make it eas...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Availability of $70 Million for Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Grants
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for cities and states, Tribal governments and Federal lands agencies to compete for $70 million in Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) grants. These will be the second grants awarded under the program, and will help to construct and repair roads and bridges serving Tribal or Federal lands. “By enhancing key rural routes...
Congress urges DOT, FAA to release funds for workforce program
As the federal fiscal year quickly ticks away, members of Congress are urging the Department of Transportation and the FAA to implement two important aviation workforce grant programs that have been authorized but not awarded for nearly two years. Led by Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the recent letters from the...
USDOT Announces More Than $1.2 Billion in Infrastructure Grants to America’s Airports
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “This $1.2 billion federal investment will improve our nation’s airport infrastructure, enha...
Georgia Bonds Provide Boost to Transportation Investments
Georgia recently sold $1.133 billion in two different series of general obligation bonds that will in part fund new transportation projects as a way to help bolster economic growth for the state. [Above photo by the Georgia DOT.] The largest amount of funding from those bond sales provides more than $378 million for local and state K-12 school projects, with the second biggest tranche of funds – more than $302 million – supporting Board of Regents projects for the University System of Geor...
FTA Announces Nearly $100 Million to Improve Transit in South Florida
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $99.9 million grant to the Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) for the South Corridor Rapid Transit Project in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The project will provide faster, more reliable transit service from Florida City and other South Dade communities to Dadeland and connections to the Miami Central Business District. "This nearly $100 million federal...
PE Bridge Improvements Grant Recipients Announced
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded 40 Preliminary Engineering Bridge Improvement Grants (BIG) totaling $1.47 million at its meeting today in Pierre. The remaining $13.53 million in 2021 BIG funds will be used for Preservation, Rehabilitation and Replacement grants to be approved by next April. Grant recipients are: Aurora County, Brookings County...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
