AASHTO Journal - Wed February 14, 2024
President Hails Infrastructure Investments in Wisconsin
During a press event at the Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, Wis., President Joe Biden highlighted a $1 billion grant award to the Blatnik Bridge project, which will replace the original structure built in 1961 with a new design that will not only handle higher volumes of motor vehicle and freight traffic but more safely accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians as well....
Minnesota Department of Transportation - Wed January 17, 2024
MnDOT Receives Federal Funds to Move Forward With NLX Planning
The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced it has received $500,000 in federal funds to advance the planning of the Northern Lights Express (NLX) passenger rail project. The federal grant provides funds to begin preliminary work on the project, which will provide four, round-trip, daily passenger rail trips from Minneapolis to Duluth/Superior....
AASHTO - Mon November 20, 2023
Indiana DOT Issues $91M in Community Crossings Grants
The Indiana Department of Transportation recently awarded $91.5 million to cities, towns and counties statewide through its Community Crossings matching grant program — a component of the 20-year Next Level Roads program established in 2017 by Gov....
CT Examiner - Wed September 13, 2023
Guilford, Conn., Officials Get Funds to Make Dam Repairs, Road Renovations
The Board of Selectmen in Guilford, Conn., unanimously approved a resolution Aug. 21 to receive $3.5 million in grant money from the state to fund repairs to Lake Quonnipaug Dam and renovate the roadway that runs over the culvert that the dam spills into, connecting Conn....
Bobcat - Mon July 24, 2023
Bobcat Donates $250,000 to Parks to Promote Sustainability, Cultivate Community
Bobcat Company has extended five grants, each worth $50,000, to parks across the nation as part of its partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). In addition to the grant offering, every park and recreation department that applied for the grant — regardless of receiving the grant or not — will receive a new Bobcat zero-turn mower to help them accomplish more for their community spaces....
Maryland State Wire & The Daily Record - Wed July 05, 2023
Maryland-D.C. Area Trail Network Receives $25M for Major Upgrades
The federal Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded a $25 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant in late June to a regional partnership in Maryland and Washington, D.C., investing in trails....
Atlanta Beltline - Thu June 29, 2023
Atlanta Beltline Gets $25M RAISE Grant From USDOT to Help Build Trail Network
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced June 27 that it is awarding a $25 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant to the city of Atlanta and Atlanta BeltLine Inc....
Newport Buzz & CEG - Tue May 30, 2023
Rhode Island Senators Help Land $9M for Upgrades, Planning at Warwick's Airport
More than $9 million in federal funding for operational upgrades and planning at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, R.I., has been awarded to the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), due to the efforts of the state's top two elected officials in Washington....
Daily Hampshire Gazette - Tue May 09, 2023
Holyoke Veterans' Home in Massachusetts Gets $164M Construction Grant from VA
A $164 million federal grant will go toward construction of a new Holyoke Veterans' Home in western Massachusetts, a $482.6 million project that when complete in 2028 will provide long-term care for 234 veterans....
AGC of California - Tue May 02, 2023
AGC CEF Grant Will Engage Next Generation of Construction
The Associated General Contractors of California (AGC of California) recently announced the AGC Construction Education Foundation's (AGC CEF) workforce development program Build California received a $500,000 Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeship (ERiCA) Grant for outreach and community building from the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)....
