Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it had awarded $1.5 billion in grants to 26 projects across the county to improve highways, multimodal freight, and rail operations.
The grants, part of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA), are aimed at making the transportation systems safer and more resilient, the department said, while eliminating supply chain bottlenecks and improving critical freight rail movement. Funding for the grants comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which increased INFRA funding by more than 50 percent to meet demand. The BIL will provide more than $8 billion to INFRA over the next five years.
