Caltrans - Tue October 20, 2020
Crews Continue Work on Highway 50 Echo Bridge Replacement
Caltrans recently announced it is receiving a $20 million federal grant to improve the busiest, most congested rail junction in California. The award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Grants program will help fund the Stockton Diamond Grade Separation Project, which will elevate a set of tracks at the delay-stricken intersection to create free-flowing movement along passenger and freight rail lines, and allow for future expansion....
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Mon October 19, 2020
Work to Widen Arkansas' U.S. 67 Wins $10M Federal Boost
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has won another competitive grant to help pay for a project to widen two sections of U.S. Highway 67 in Pulaski and Lonoke counties. The $10 million grant under a U.S....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Grant to Fund Study of Two Alabama Highway Projects
A $450,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant was awarded to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission to fund a technical and feasibility study of two Wiregrass Region highway projects....
The Independent - Tue September 22, 2020
Federal Grant Aims to Connect Rhode Island Town to I-95 South
A connector road from Rhode Island Route 4 to Interstate 95 South in Quonset is one step closer to reality following U.S. Sen. Jack Reed's announcement Sept. 18 that two new federal grants totaling a combined $25.3 million were awarded to the state by U.S....
CEG - Mon September 21, 2020
Federal DOT Awards Grants to Rail Projects in N.C., Tennessee
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the city of Lexington, N.C., a $24.9 million grant for the construction of a train and bus station in the town's Depot District, members of the state's congressional delegation announced....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 09, 2020
'Crossroads of the Country' Undergoing $23M Update
There's been talk around Kansas City of the need to modernize the outdated Turner Diagonal on I-70 for at least eight years. Then, about three years ago, stakeholders learned of the availability of a federal grant, applied and were awarded it....
United States Department of Transportation - Wed November 27, 2019
Chao Announces $900M Investment in Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon October 28, 2019
Restoring an American Landmark
The New York City Department of Transportation has given contractors the nod to begin work on a project to restore the Brooklyn Bridge. Navillus Contracting and the MLJ Contracting Corp. are partnering on the $238 million restoration work....
Nebraska DOT - Wed January 09, 2019
Nebraska DOT Receives Federal Grant for U.S. 75
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) has received a $20 million federal grant for the expansion of U.S. Highway 75 between Murray and Plattsmouth through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program....
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby - Thu December 20, 2018
Shelby Announces $26M in USDOT Grants to State
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) announced Dec. 7 that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award grants of $14 million each for highway infrastructure improvements in the cities of Decatur and Cullman....
