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Archived Press Releases

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8.3 Million Grant Award for Road Safety Improvements to Enhance Tribal Connections in Utah as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

July 6, 2023

County of Tooele, Utah, to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24d-23
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $21.4 Million for Construction of Ecusta Rail Trail Connecting to Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

July 6, 2023

North Carolina Department of Transportation to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24b-23
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $11.9 Million Grant Award for Road Improvements to Enhance Tribal Safety in Nevada as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

July 6, 2023

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $130.5 million investment package for seven projects of national significance

FHWA 24f-23
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Design Standards 1944

June 30, 2023

Other proposed standards from Appendix V of Interregional Highways included:

  • Where elevation or depression was necessary to avoid intersections, "depression of the highway, if financially feasible, generally...

Biden-Harris Administration Opens First Round of $85 Million Competitive Grant Program to Fund Digital Construction Technologies That Save Time and Money

June 27, 2023

New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will help accelerate project delivery

FHWA 23-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel.: (202) 366-0660

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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding to Rebuild I-95 in Philadelphia

June 15, 2023

Tanker truck fire causes partial collapse of key north-south connector

FHWA 22-23
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel.: (202) 366-0660

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Biden Administration Awards $2.96 Million Advanced Technology Grant to Massachusetts to Improve Transit Reliability in Boston

May 25, 2023

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $52.78 million investment package

Contact: FHWA.PressOffice...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $52 Million in Advanced Technology Grants to Improve Safety and Reduce Travel Times

May 25, 2023

Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, projects include real-time traffic information, transit signal timing systems, and seamless transit payment systems

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Biden Administration Awards $11.9 Million Advanced Technology Grant to Maryland to Improve Safety and Mobility on U.S. Route 50

May 25, 2023

Maryland Department of Transportation to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $52.78 million investment package

Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot....

Biden Administration Awards $5 Million Advanced Technology Grant to Utah for Connected Vehicle Technologies

May 25, 2023

Utah Department of Transportation to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of $52.78 million investment package

Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov...