HART Receives $1 Million from the FDOT Resilience Program for Infrastructure Improvements
The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority has announced that it was awarded $1 million in state funding from the Florida Department of Transportation's Resilience Program that will be used to repair infrastructure damaged at the HART Operations Facility during the last hurricane season. The funding awarded to HART is part of approximately $6.6 million in funds allocated to five transit authorities and organizations whose facilities sustained damage during the 2018 hurricane season....
Augustine, Mineta Stress Need for More Highway Funding
The interstate highway system will become increasingly unreliable and congested – plus costlier to operate, maintain, and repair – if new funding sources are not located and the commitment between the states and federal government is not “re-strengthened.” [Above photo by Missouri DOT.] Those were the main takeaways from speeches by Norman Augustine and Norman Mineta given during the Chair’s Luncheon during the 2019 Transportation Research Board annual meeting last week in Washington, D.C....
E.ON Achieves Successful Commercial Operation and Tax Equity Financing for Stella Wind Farm
CHICAGO- E.ON announced today the successful completion and tax equity financing of its 201 megawatt (MW) Stella wind farm in Kenedy County, Texas. Allianz Capital Partners of America on behalf of Allianz insurance companies provided tax equity financing in exchange for a partial interest in the Stella project. The project achieved commercial operation and closing of tax equity in December 2018. "Concluding this financing transaction with Allianz strengthens our continued growth in the U....
Missouri’s Governor Puts $351M Worth of Bridge Spending in 2020 Budget
Governor Michael Parson (R) highlighted what he called several “long-term investments” in Missouri’s transportation infrastructure during his first “State of the State Address” on Jan. 16. [Above photo by Missouri DOT.] The biggest piece of that infrastructure plan is $351 million set aside in the state’s fiscal year 2020 budget for the Missouri Department of Transportation to “begin immediate work” on nearly 250 bridges in need of “critical repair or replacement.” A further $50 million wi...
USDOT Opens up Applications for Second Round of INFRA Grant Funds
The U.S. Department of Transportation opened second round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America or INFRA discretionary grant program via a Notice of Funding Opportunity or NOFO issued Dec. 21. [Above photo by Colorado DOT.] The agency said in a statement that it expects to offer a pool of grant money totaling between $855 million and $902.5 million, subject to funding provided by fiscal year 2019 appropriations, which are currently in limbo due to the partial federal government shut...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for Automated Driving System Demonstration Grants
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced up to $60 million in federal grant funding for projects that test the safe integration of automated driving systems (ADS) on our nation’s roadways. These grants aim to gather significant safety data to inform rulemaking, foster collaboration amongst state and local government and private partners, and test the safe integration of ADS on our nation’s roads. Grant applications are due in 90 days and must be submitted throug...
HDR Helps Orange County Transportation Authority Secure FTA Grant
(OMAHA, Neb.) - The Orange County Transportation Authority has received a $149 million Full Funding Grant Agreement from the Federal Transit Administration for the OC Streetcar Project in Orange County, California. This is the first modern streetcar to receive a New Starts FFGA and the largest ever New Starts commitment to a streetcar project. HDR is the project management consultant for this 4.1-mile streetcar line connecting passengers with major activity centers and multimodal transportati...
A Promotion and New Hire for AASHTO’s Policy Staff
The policy division of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is promoting Susan Howard (above, right) into the role as program director for transportation finance, effective Jan. 7, 2019, and is hiring Avital Barnea (above, left) to fill Howard’s current role as program manager for freight starting on Jan. 22, 2019. Susan Howard Howard joined AASHTO on June 4 this year after a five-year stint as director of government relations and legislative affairs for the N...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $908 Million Loan to Finance the Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (the Bureau) will provide the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) System a $908 million Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing (RRIF) direct loan for financing the Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project. “This financing demonstrates the Department’s commitment to serving as a trustworthy partner to regional and local agencies, which are at the f...
EPA Awards $1.1 Million to Chesapeake Conservancy to Track Environmental Impacts of Land Use in Bay Watershed
PHILADELPHIA -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it has awarded $1,080,000 to the Chesapeake Conservancy so that it can update and improve land use data critical to Chesapeake Bay Restoration. “This project will give states, counties and local jurisdictions critical information on how the landscape is changing over time and how these changes impact progress towards achieving restoration of local waters and the Chesapeake Bay,” said EPA Regional Administrator...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
