Effective Management Essential to Unlocking Value Behind Infrastructure PPPs
SYDNEY - Stronger public sector oversight and contract management are essential to realising the true value of investment through public private partnerships (PPPs), according to new guidance from the Global Infrastructure Hub. The G20 initiative today launched its Public Private Partnership (PPP) Contract Management Tool—a free online resource that provides practical, user-friendly guidance for public officials in charge of managing PPP infrastructure projects after financial close, through...
NYSERDA Offers ‘Clean Technology’ Grants for Transit Projects
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is making a $5 million pool of grant money available to fund projects focused on developing "innovative clean transportation technologies" and other "clean" strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or "GHGs" for public transit systems throughout the state. The agency said this grant effort aims to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's clean energy goal to reduce New York state's GHG emissions 40 percent by 2030. NYSERDA said it will awar...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $9.9 Million in Grants to Help Small Communities Improve Air Service
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $9.925 million from the Small Community Air Service Development Program to help 16 communities in 16 states develop their own solutions to local air service needs. The Department received 53 applications from 35 states. “This Administration is committed to ensuring that rural communities are not neglected and have access to the air services needed to be competitiv...
New ADOT Agreements with Arizona Tribes Make Project Funding Easier
PHOENIX – Collaboration with other governments can be complicated, particularly when it comes to sovereign nations. But a recent change in the Arizona Department of Transportation’s contract language with tribal governments is making it easier to partner on transportation projects. For decades, if ADOT wanted to work with a tribal government, the tribe had to agree to a “waiver of limited sovereign immunity.” Essentially, the waiver required the tribe to take any mediation on a project to the...
Federal Highway Administration Announces $17.5 Million for Tribal Transportation Safety Improvements
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced today that 82 tribes will receive $17.5 million from FHWA’s Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF) for 94 projects to improve transportation safety on tribal lands. “These investments in tribal communities will improve safety, create jobs and increase access to work, school and medical facilities,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The funds will be used for safety pl...
Federal Highway Administration Announces $2 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Michigan
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration today announced the immediate availability of $2 million in Emergency Relief program funds to help begin repairs on flood-damaged roads and bridges in Michigan. “The Upper Peninsula of Michigan experienced considerable damage to roads and bridges as the result of heavy rainfall and flooding that these quick release funds will help address,” said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson. “The funding represents the first instal...
Federal Highway Administration Announces $1 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in Emergency Relief program funds to help begin repairs on flood-damaged roads and bridges in Wisconsin. “The flooding has caused significant damage to roads and bridges in northwestern Wisconsin, and this funding will help the state make repairs as quickly as possible,” said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Brandye L. Hendrickson. “It represents a down payment to help restore vital t...
TxDOT Announces $82 Million in Grants for Public Transportation
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation has announced $82 million in grants to fund public transportation providers in rural, small urban and large urban areas of Texas. Overall, these state and federal grants are designed to help pay for maintenance of vehicles and facilities; vehicle purchases and transit facility improvements; and regionally coordinated public transportation planning efforts. Ultimately, these funds pay for resources that give Texans access to transportation so the...
Urgent US$621 Billion Need for Africa to Meet UN Sustainable Development Goals for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Electricity
The Global Infrastructure Hub, a G20 initiative, has today published two reports that reveal an urgent need for infrastructure investment in 10 Compact with Africa[1]countries, and highlight the reforms required to encourage greater investment. The first of these reports, Global Infrastructure Outlook: Infrastructure Investment Need in the Compact with Africa Countries, reveals that, unless US$621 billion is invested in these 10 countries by 2030, they will fail to meet the UN Sustainable D...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces a Proposed $184 Million Grant for Congestion Relief in Atlanta
ATLANTA – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao joined Congressman Rob Woodall, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), and other state and local officials today to announce a proposed $184,124,447 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant to build additional, dedicated express lanes on State Route (SR) 400, a major commuter route for Atlanta residents. “The new express lanes on SR 400 will enhance safety and decrease congestion and travel times...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
