Tag: funds

  • DOT will cut funds to transportation projects with DEI: Duffy

    DOT will cut funds to transportation projects with DEI: Duffy

    Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: In an April 24 letter, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned DOT funding recipients against engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion practices, which he said violate federal law. Duffy also told grantees that they must cooperate…

  • Some federal funds are still frozen. Here’s what builders can do

    Some federal funds are still frozen. Here’s what builders can do

    Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Uncertainty continues to plague infrastructure and climate projects as federal agencies defy court orders telling them to disburse funding. Federal contractors are navigating the fallout — including paused and terminated work — as Trump’s directive to halt…

  • Nearly $9B in federal transportation funds and loans authorized since Jan. 1

    Nearly $9B in federal transportation funds and loans authorized since Jan. 1

    Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In the waning weeks of the Biden administration, federal agencies authorized nearly $9 billion in grants and loans for transportation and infrastructure projects. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau loaned $1.89 billion to the Port…