Press Releases
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Chips Away at Infrastructure Backlog with $175 Million in South Carolina Grant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Trump Administration’s first federal grant agreement under the Bridge Investment Program (BIP). The $175 million grant, awarded to the South Carolina Department of Transportation will replace the aging 55-year-old bridges on Interstate 95 over Lake Marion which serves as a major freight artery for the East Coast.
This milestone comes as Secretary Duffy works to address an unprecedented...
FHWA Urges Drivers to Stay Alert to Ensure Highway Workers Get Home Safely as Part of National Work Zone Awareness Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy provided the keynote address,...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy to Gov. Hochul: Here’s What Continuing Your Illegal Toll Could Cost You
New Letter Outlines Consequences for Continuing Unlawful Tolls
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today outlined the specific actions the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) could take if New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s continues the state’s illegal toll on working families. This includes halting FHWA-backed...
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Slashes Biden-Era Greenhouse Gas Rule
Prevents Radical Environmental Agenda from Tying up Road Construction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today delivered on his promise to slash an unlawful environmental rule that would raise project costs and divert critical resources away from highway construction to irrelevant emissions targets. The action, which is the Department’s first completed deregulatory move, comes less than 100 days into...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Finalizes $150 Million Grant to Enhance Border Security Infrastructure
New agreement also descopes wasteful Green New Deal requirements
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced an agreement has been executed for a $150 million federal grant to construct a new road and Port of Entry facility for the San Diego-Baja California border region (Otay Mesa). These investments will enhance border security by providing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with state-of-the-...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Finalizes $221 Million in Federal Grant Funding to Rebuild Rhode Island's Washington Bridge
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a grant agreement has been executed for $221 million in federal funding awarded to Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge project. This comes as the Trump Administration inherited roughly 3,200 unobligated grants that had been promoted by the previous administration but never fulfilled. This unprecedented backlog of unobligated grants delayed critical investments in communities across the...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Update on I-40 Recovery as FHWA Fast-Tracks Mineral Access for North Carolina
Unprecedented federal coordination delivers early win for I-40 rebuilding effort
WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a major milestone in the Interstate-40 recovery efforts in North Carolina. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) successfully cleared a number of legal barriers to allow the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to acquire construction material from the adjacent Pisgah National Forest...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Rescinds Memos Issued By Biden Administration That Injected Social Justice, Radical Environmental Agenda Into Infrastructure Funding Decisions
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Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the department has rescinded two memorandums issued during the Biden Administration which injected a social justice and environmental agenda into decisions for critical infrastructure projects.
In conflict with Congressional intent and the Administrative Procedure Act, the previous administration unilaterally released two separate...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Urges D.C. Leaders to Improve Transportation Safety in our Nation’s Capital as Workers Return to Office
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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy took action to urge Washington, D.C. leaders to restore greatness to our Nation’s Capital with a focus on improving the safety and security of the city’s transportation systems. In a series of letters, Secretary Duffy urged D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) CEO...
U.S. Department of Transportation Terminates Tolling Approval for New York City’s Cordon Pricing Program
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration today terminated approval of the pilot for New York’s Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP). In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the Department rescinded a November 21, 2024 agreement signed under the Value Pricing Pilot...