New $725 million round of funding targets remediation of abandoned mines
Funds will assist communities by creating jobs for displaced coal workers and ensuring clean air and water through cleanup projects
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Texas awarded $39 million to prepare for wildfires
Forest Service funds will help establish programs, buy equipment, train personnel and develop protection plans
Atlanta to stitch downtown communities back together with 14-acre cap project
Plans include increasing affordable housing, sustainable infrastructure, access to critical amenities and supporting underserved communities
Interior Department releases $79 million to support wildfire recovery
Funds will help wildfire detection capabilities, reducing wildfire risk, helping rehabilitate burned areas and improving technology used by wildfire incident management teams
Texas town to invest $31.6 million in sidewalk repairs
Upgrades are part of an evolving effort to assess pedestrian infrastructure and promote a safe city for walking
DOT spending nearly $5 billion to rebuild American infrastructure
Funds will go to 37 large-scale infrastructure projects through a pair of discretionary grant programs
USDOT awards $52.8 million for Illinois rural roads safety project
Program focuses on quality-of-life improvements in rural areas by investing in roads, bridges and other infrastructure that support passenger and freight mobility and safety
Idaho invests $100 million in local transportation projects
Grants to help local jurisdictions defray local property taxes by mitigating impact of state highway projects on local roads or economically significant local projects
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: $400 billion for 40,000 projects
From road and bridge repairs, port and waterway expansions, airport improvements and water infrastructure construction to improving access to broadband internet and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the law has touched almost every aspect of American life.
Funding for infrastructure projects continues to expand
TIPs and STIPs are acronyms for transportation improvement programs at the local and state levels of government. The formal names are ‘Transportation Improvement Program’ and ‘Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.’ They both fund transportation projects and allow for the coordination of federal, state, and local funding.
