{"id":28691,"date":"2025-01-21T23:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/nearly-9b-in-federal-transportation-funds-and-loans-authorized-since-jan-1\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:34:15","slug":"nearly-9b-in-federal-transportation-funds-and-loans-authorized-since-jan-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/nearly-9b-in-federal-transportation-funds-and-loans-authorized-since-jan-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly $9B in federal transportation funds and loans authorized since Jan. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">5 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1737484980\/news\/text_to_speech\/biden-buttigieg-transportation-infrastructure-grants_ns2b2w.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the waning weeks of the Biden administration, federal agencies authorized nearly $9 billion in grants and loans for transportation and infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Build America Bureau loaned $1.89 billion to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey toward the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/us-department-transportation-announces-189-billion-loan-port-authority-new-york-and\" target=\"_blank\">reconstruction of New York City\u2019s midtown bus terminal<\/a>, which serves commuter and intercity buses. The loan will help replace the dilapidated 74-year-old bus terminal, which serves over a quarter-million passengers a day, with a modern, expanded facility.<\/p>\n<p>Grant awards ranged across programs targeting rural mobility needs, bus rapid transit, airports, EV charging and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Grants by federal transportation agencies to date in January consisted of the following.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Transportation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-132-billion-infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\">$1.32 billion for 109 infrastructure projects<\/a> under the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity discretionary grant program. Awards included off-street bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks and roadway widening in Flagstaff, Arizona; street improvements in Sarasota, Florida; and rehabilitation of the West Newton Bridge in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-785-million-advance-rural\" target=\"_blank\">$785 million for 24 projects<\/a> through the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program. Projects included replacing a bridge in Cullman, Alabama, and replacing dirt roads in two Kansas counties with paved roads and stormwater infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-544-million-locally-driven\" target=\"_blank\">$544 million for 81 communities<\/a>\u00a0under the Reconnecting Communities Pilot discretionary grant program. Nearly $27 million will go to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles to create a network of accessible pathways in the Watts neighborhood, while more than $85 million will go to deck over a block-long section of U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore.<\/li>\n<li>More than <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-more-332-million-grants\" target=\"_blank\">$332 million for 171 projects<\/a> through the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s Airport Infrastructure Grants program. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will get $84.3 million for a new taxiway and bridge, and $6.7 million will go to the Tallahessee International Airport in Florida for two new taxiways and other improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Federal Highway Administration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-635-million-awards-continue\" target=\"_blank\">$635 million for 49 projects<\/a> to install more than 11,500 electric vehicle charging ports, along with hydrogen and natural gas refueling infrastructure, across 27 states, tribal communities and the District of Columbia.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/highways.dot.gov\/newsroom\/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-45-million-grant-awards\" target=\"_blank\">$44.5 million in grants<\/a> to 14 projects under the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program. Detroit will get $10.5 million to build a portion of a greenway\u00a0along a former rail corridor; the Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County will receive nearly $9.4 million to connect a historically underserved neighborhood with downtown Nashville, Tennessee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Federal Transit Administration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Railroad Administration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In announcing a selection of these projects Jan. 10, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said these grants will \u201cfurther modernize our roads and rails, build out a national EV charger network, and ensure that transportation in the 21st century lives up to its basic promise and connects more communities across our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/biden-buttigieg-transportation-infrastructure-grants\/737573\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. 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