AL.com & CEG - Wed December 28, 2022
Alabama Congressional Members Got $772M From New Federal Funding Bill
Members of Alabama's congressional delegation requested funds totaling more than $772 million in earmarks for use in statewide spending projects as part of the mammoth $1.7 billion omnibus funding bill passed shortly before Christmas by the U.S....
MARTA - Wed September 21, 2022
MARTA's Five Points Station Upgrade in Atlanta Boosted by Federal Grant
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) recently received a $25 million grant through the federal RAISE discretionary grant program to help transform the exterior of the Five Points rail station in the Georgia capital's downtown....
Lexington Dispatch - Tue September 20, 2022
Long-Awaited Passenger Rail Project to Soon Begin in Lexington, N.C.
After almost two decades of applying for grants, making plans, and waiting, Lexington, N.C., is preparing to kick off the construction phase of its passenger rail service project, the Lexington Dispatch reported Sept....
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon August 29, 2022
Metro Atlanta Leaders Looking for Their Share of Infrastructure Dollars
The federal government is on a once-in-a-generation spending binge in the wake of the passage last year of the Congressional Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and metro Atlanta officials met recently to find out how they can get their portion of the $1.2 trillion....
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Thu June 23, 2022
SW Pennsylvania Transit Plan Allocates $1.5B for Bridge, Infrastructure Upgrades
Roads and bridges in southwestern Pennsylvania will see a $300 million boost in funding because of 2021's federal infrastructure funding law, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported June 16. The extra money is included in a regional plan for $1.5 billion in transportation projects that is set to be approved June 27 by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC)....
Portsmouth Herald & Bridgehunter.com - Tue April 04, 2023
Unique Perkins Cove Footbridge in Ogunquit, Maine, to Get a $2.85M Facelift
The only remaining wooden, double-leaf draw footbridge in the United States will soon be given a makeover with funds from the federal government. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced in March that $2.85 million has been approved for the revitalization of the 81-year-old Perkins Cove Pedestrian Footbridge in the York County town of Ogunquit, near the southeast tip of the state....
Maryland Transportation Authority & Maryland Matters - Tue March 29, 2022
Maryland-Virginia Nice/Middleton Bridge Replacement Gets $200M Federal Loan
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on March 15 approved a $200 million federal loan to finance part of the $636 million replacement of the Nice/Middleton Bridge, an 81-year-old span across the Potomac River between Newburg, in Charles County, Md., and King George County in Virginia....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu March 24, 2022
Omnibus Appropriations Act Covers Transportation Under Funding Umbrella
Signing the $1.5 trillion 2022 omnibus spending bill into law in mid-March, President Joe Biden released the full benefits of last fall's bipartisan infrastructure and jobs act. Not only does highway work move forward with the spending bill's signing, but energy, maritime, transit, water and airport construction projects launch as well....
American Shipper - Tue March 22, 2022
Feds Award Alabama's Port of Mobile $300M for Infrastructure Upgrades
Due to more than $300 million in federal funding, the Alabama State Port Authority is set to improve infrastructure and intermodal access at the state's only deep-water shipping facility. The Port of Mobile will receive $265 million from the 2022 FY $1.5 trillion federal spending bill, which the U.S....
Cape Cod Times - Mon March 21, 2022
Aging Cape Cod Canal Bridges Need Construction Funding Within a Few Years
For months now, Massachusetts U.S. Rep. William Keating and U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren have touted their role in raising federal funds to replace the aging Sagamore and Bourne bridges on Cape Cod....
