CEG - Wed February 19, 2025
N.Y. Superintendents Unhappy Budget Has No New Funds for Roads, Bridges
Town and county highway superintendents across New York State have been expressing their frustration that no new funding for local highways and bridges was included in Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed 2025-2026 budget....
Stamford Advocate & New Haven Register - Wed January 29, 2025
New Haven Receives $2M Federal Grant to Plan Ways to Reconnect Areas Split By I-91
Removing physical barriers around Interstate 91, restoring pedestrian routes and building housing could be some of the ways New Haven, Conn., officials hope to reconnect the city where it was divided by the freeway in the 1960s....
Burlington Free Press & VTrans - Thu January 16, 2025
Federal Funds Totaling $25.8M Slated to Replace Readsboro Bridge in Southern Vermont
Vermont will receive $25.8 million in federal funding to help replace the Readsboro Bridge, which spans the Deerfield River in the small rural town of Readsboro, the Burlington Free Press reported Jan....
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - Wed January 15, 2025
Feds Award $25M Grant to Transform Jersey City's 12th Street Corridor at Holland Tunnel
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced Jan. 13 that it had received a $25 million grant through the U.S Department of Transportation's American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to transform the 12th Street corridor on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel....
Office of Gov. Ned Lamont - Tue October 29, 2024
Connecticut's Political Leaders Secure $125M Federal Grant for Portion of Interchange Upgrade
A $125 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was awarded to the Connecticut to support the third phase of a construction project designed to reconfigure the dangerous roadway interchange that connects Interstate 91, Interstate 691 and Conn....
Gov. Dan McKee & Rhode Island Current - Mon October 28, 2024
R.I. Lands Second Federal Grant to Replace Troubled Washington Bridge
The effort to replace the westbound Washington Bridge in Providence, R.I., got a major boost Oct. 16 as the state's U.S. Senate and House representatives in Washington, D.C., joined with Gov. Dan McKee in announcing a $95.6 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) federal grant for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)....
CEG - Wed September 25, 2024
VIDEO: Feds Award Massachusetts $472.3M to Replace An Old Drawbridge Over Charles River
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will receive $472.3 million in federal funding to replace a Depression-era drawbridge over the Charles River, the agency announced Sept. 23The North Station Draw One Bridge connects Boston and Cambridge, carrying more than 11 million passengers per year on the Commuter Rail and Amtrak trains....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 05, 2024
I-95 Bridge Work Begins in Rhode Island
Only weeks after the Rhode Island Congressional delegation announced news of a $251 million federal grant to fund the new I-95 15 bridges project, work is already under way. "We are doing the first bridge of 15," said RIDOT spokesman Charles St....
The Post and Courier Pee Dee - Tue July 23, 2024
South Carolina Gets Federal Funding to Begin Replacing I-95 Bridges Over Lake Marion
Travelers driving across South Carolina's largest lake may soon do so more safely after the state received federal funding for a badly needed bridge replacement project. The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is set to embark on major work to replace four bridges carrying Interstate 95 traffic over Lake Marion in the central part of the state....
CEG - Wed July 17, 2024
Massachusetts Receives $1B in Fed Money to Help Replace Two Aging Cape Cod Bridges
The state of Massachusetts is making headway on putting together the funding needed to replace two aging bridges that connect Cape Cod to the rest of the state. Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced July 12 that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and U.S....
