Funding Issues

CommonWealth Beacon - Mon August 25, 2025

Without FEMA Funding, Mass. Towns Scramble to Save Flood Protection Projects

When the axe fell in early 2025 on $882 million in federal funding aimed at helping communities prepare for future flooding, it came paired with a critique of the program's very purpose. The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program "was yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program," an unidentified Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesperson asserted in an April 4 press release....

Maryland Matters - Thu July 31, 2025

As Key Bridge Demolition Continues, Maryland Officials Prepare to Build New Span

Demolition of the remaining structures that were once part of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is in full swing as transportation officials prepare to lay the foundation for a new, taller replacement....

Meriden Record-Journal - Tue July 29, 2025

Meridan, Conn. City Officials Scrambling to Find New Funds to Complete Two Bridge Projects

City officials in Meriden, Conn. are seeking confirmation from the state's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) office that its funding to replace a twin bridge project will not be cancelled, the Record-Journal reported July 28, 2025....

MassLive.com & MassDOT - Tue July 22, 2025

Allston Multimodal Project in Boston in Doubt After Trump Cancels Most of Its Funding

The future of a long-awaited, $2 billion highway project in Boston's Allston neighborhood is in doubt now that the Trump administration has canceled $327 million in federal funding that was bound for Massachusetts....

Knoxville News Sentinel - Wed July 09, 2025

Despite Uncertainty About Federal Funding, Knoxville Pedestrian Bridge Moving Ahead

The plan to build a pedestrian bridge over the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tenn. cleared another hurdle recently amid uncertainty over whether the Trump administration would follow through on federal money promised to make the project happen....

Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Mon June 23, 2025

Federal Highway Administration Offices in Ark., Miss. to Merge, Staffing Cuts Cited

Arkansas is sharing a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) office with Mississippi due to federal staffing cuts, the Arkansas Department of Transportation's chief of administration said June 18, 2025, during a state Highway Commission meeting....

Albany Times-Union - Tue May 20, 2025

Construction Cost Increases on Albany, N.Y.'s New, Innovative NanoTech Microchip Plant

NY CREATES, the entity that owns the Albany, N.Y. NanoTech complex on Fuller Road, said in early May 2025, that its new NanoFab Reflections building will now cost $614 million, an increase of $64 million....

WGME-TV - Mon April 28, 2025

New Report Finds Maine Will Need $11B to Replace, Repair Aging Schools

A new interim summary from the governor's commission on school construction reveals the staggering scope of the crisis facing Maine's public school infrastructure: an estimated $11 billion will be needed over the next two decades to repair or replace hundreds of aging school buildings across the state....