Mass. Gov. Office - Thu January 16, 2020
Baker Files $74.2M Budget Bill to Address Infrastructure
The Baker-Polito Administration filed a $74.2 million supplemental budget bill to address ongoing critical funding needs, including $18 million to support MBTA infrastructure and safety investments, $10 million for school improvements and $4.2 million for investments in clean drinking water....
MassDOT - Thu January 16, 2020
Massachusetts Announces Additional Local Road, Bridge Funding
The Baker-Polito Administration announced that $20 million in additional funding will be provided to cities and towns in Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) for road construction and transportation improvement projects....
Associated Press - Wed January 08, 2020
Funds Would Aid Great Lakes Clean Up
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) A wide-ranging cleanup of the Great Lakes would receive a funding boost under a spending bill moving toward enactment in Congress. The measure, approved Dec. 17 by the House, includes $320 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative....
AASHTO Journal - Mon January 06, 2020
AASHTO Joins Effort to Get Funding for Automated Speed Enforcement
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials joined eight other organizations as signatories to a letter sent on Dec. 20 to Congressional committee leaders that seeks the allowance of federal funding for automated speed enforcement of work zones....
Brian Witte - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu January 02, 2020
Maryland Gov. Proposes $3.8B for School Construction Over Five Years
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Gov. Larry Hogan proposed allocating $3.8 billion for Maryland school construction over five years and a separate measure to increase accountability in academic performance during a recent news conference, as education funding is expected to be a top issue in the upcoming legislative session....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed December 11, 2019
Ford Receives TEDF Grant to Support Transformation
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is awarding a state transportation economic development grant that will support more than 11,000 existing jobs in Wayne County. The grant will go toward infrastructure improvements related to Ford Motor Co.'s plans to transform its Research and Engineering Center in Dearborn into an open, high-tech campus that could one day house more than 20,000 designers, engineers and product development workers....
David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon December 09, 2019
Toll, Fare Increases OK'd for N.Y-Area Airports, Crossings
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Driving or taking a train into New York City and to area airports is going to cost more starting in a little over a month, as the authority that operates a large chunk of the city's transportation infrastructure raises fares to fund large-scale repairs and improvements....
ALDOT - Wed November 27, 2019
Gov. Ivey Awards More Than $30M in ATRIP-II Funds for Bridge, Road Work
Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation have announced that more than $30 million in funding is being awarded to cities and counties for various road and bridge projects. The funding is made available through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II), a new program created under the Rebuild Alabama Act....
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....
AASHTO Journal - Wed November 20, 2019
Tolling, Congestion Pricing Debated at House Hearing
Members of the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee cast doubt on the efficacy of broader tolling and congestion pricing plans at a hearing on Sept. 11 to either generate enough funding to support transportation infrastructure needs or improve traffic flows on major urban roadways....
