Nation’s Impending Funding Shortfalls Put Key Highway Projects in Doubt
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was joined by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton today at the Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to discuss the proposed Lamar Avenue...
WASHINGTON – With federal surface transportation funding set to expire on May 31, thousands of stakeholders will rally together for Infrastructure Week to urge Congress to say “no” to more short-term measures and “yes” to a long-term funding solution. In support of the third annual...
RACINE, Wis. – U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez joined state and local officials for a site visit and tour of the I-94 North-South Freeway Expansion and Reconstruction project, calling it an example of the large-scale, regional investments that can be generated nationwide if...
INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a new technical assistance program – LadderSTEP – that will help seven cities foster sustainable economic development related to planned transportation projects. The choices made regarding transportation...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today revealed the 2015 Environmental Excellence Award recipients. Selected by an independent panel, the 15 awards are the agency’s biennial recognition of innovative efforts to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $5 million in Emergency Relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the West Virginia Department of...
FHWA Providing Funds for Freight Movement Pilot Programs. The Federal Highway Administration announced the availability of up to $200,000 in research funds to pilot the implementation of off-hours goods movement and delivery programs in urban areas with emerging or growing congestion...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for $162 million from the Department’s Federal Highway Administration to finance the East End Crossing section of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio...
DELHI, India – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Delhi, India today to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on Transportation with India’s Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and of Shipping, Nitin Gadkari. Minister Gadkari signed the MOC on behalf of the Indian Government...
WASHINGTON –U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today $500 million will be made available for transportation projects across the country under a seventh round of the highly successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program....