The Bridge - Thu October 23, 2025
Requests for State Flood Recovery Grants Nearly Double the $68M Vermont Has Available
Eager to receive a share of the $67.9 million in match-free disaster recovery grants that Vermont will be handing out to flood-ravaged communities, applicants submitted requests by the Sept. 30 deadline totaling $121 million, almost double the amount of available funds....
Office of Gov. Andy Beshear - Tue October 21, 2025
Kentucky Awards $7.75M in Funding for 17 Critical Local Bridge Projects
As part of his commitment to ensure safer travel for Kentucky families, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the latest round of funding recipients from the County and City Bridge Improvement Program on Oct. 2, awarding $7.75 million for 17 critical bridge projects across 13 Kentucky counties and three cities....
StreetsblogMASS - Tue October 14, 2025
MassDOT Highway Official Talks to Boston Group About State's Aging Roadways, Rising Costs
Massachusetts's roadways are at a "critical inflection point" with aging assets, a surge of new funding from Fair Share and an urgency to deliver safer infrastructure faster, according to Jonathan Gulliver, the state Department of Transportation's highway administrator....
California Department of Industrial Relations and constructionowners.com - Tue September 30, 2025
California Announces $20M in Construction Apprenticeships to Meet Infrastructure Needs
To address statewide construction needs and build equity in the workforce, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) announced on July 30, 2025, $20 million in new California Apprenticeship Council (CAC) Training Funds....
The Associated Press - Tue September 02, 2025
After Receiving More Funding, SCDOT in An Expansive Mood
The leader of South Carolina's transportation agency has been to so many groundbreaking ceremonies for highway projects that he has the whole routine down. Signs were printed, fancy shovels were readied and, since it was the middle of August, an air-conditioned spot — the welcome center in Hardeeville — was booked for the celebration of an $825 million project on Interstate 95 to untangle another traffic mess in one of the fastest growing states in the U.S....
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....
GDOT & WAGA-TV - Wed July 23, 2025
Gainesville Connector Road Work Begins, Ossoff Nets $556M for Military Construction in Ga.
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has started building the Sardis Road Connector, which the state agency calls "a transformative transportation project aimed at improving mobility in Hall County....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed July 23, 2025
USDOT Grows Construction Credit Assistance Program
Saying it's "common sense to allow all eligible projects the same access" to low-interest financing, Sean Duffy, U.S. secretary of transportation, announced in July an update to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA)....
Oklahoma Transportation Commission - Tue July 22, 2025
OTC Approves $930M in Road, Bridge Improvements
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission on July 8, 2025, approved the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Plan for Fiscal Years 2026 to 2030. The updated five-year plan includes nearly $930 million in scheduled upgrades to county roads and bridges outside of ODOT jurisdiction across all 77 Oklahoma counties....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Wed July 16, 2025
Louisiana's $361M Historic Jimmie Davis Bridge to Double Transportation Capacity
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) is on schedule to complete work on the $361 million Jimmie Davis Bridge project over the Red River on LA 511, which connects south Caddo and Bossier Parishes, by building a new four-lane bridge, constructed immediately north of the existing two-lane bridge that was originally built in 1968....
