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Provides funding and oversight
Massachusetts has moved the replacement of the 91-year-old Sagamore Bridge into its final bidding phase. The state released a request for proposals for a design-build team and locked in authorization for $956 million in federal funding, with another $371 million expected in mid-October.
Updated 7 days ago
Provided the main funding through its Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program
Interstate 25 near Colorado's Greenland exit split 39,000 acres of habitat, and for decades elk and pronghorn could not get across. The corridor averaged roughly one deer-vehicle crash per day in peak migration. Nine months after North America's largest wildlife overpass opened there, collisions have dropped 91 percent.
Updated Sep 30
Grantor
Queens Boulevard has long been one of New York City's most dangerous roads, earning the nickname 'Boulevard of Death' after more than 100 pedestrian fatalities since 1990. On August 28, 2026, the federal government moved to change that, awarding $27.4 million to the city's Department of Transportation to implement the Queens Boulevard Great Streets transformation and fund supplemental Vision Zero planning.
Updated Sep 25
Administers NEVI; ended the pause in August 2025
Three years after Congress approved $5 billion for highway EV chargers, the White House froze the money. Courts unfroze it in January, and states are building again — North Carolina added seven new charging locations on September 14.
Updated Sep 19
Federal decision-maker for NEPA concurrence and Record of Decision
After a decade of debate, Maryland picked a specific build option to replace the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Maryland Transportation Authority Board approved "Alternative C," an eight-lane crossing plan that would build two new four-lane spans and eventually remove the existing bridge spans.
Updated May 15
Rulemaker rescinding federal-lands and tribal-road management-system regulations
On December 17, 2025, two FHWA rollbacks took effect that sound boring—and matter anyway. The agency removed the formal, on-the-books requirements that told the Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs how to run safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management systems for certain federally funded roads.
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