Tag: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants

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House subcommittee advances new THUD bill with $19.2 billion in USDOT discretionary funds

The House Appropriations Subcommitee on Transportation, House and Urban Development (THUD) has sent the fiscal year 2017 funding bill for the Departments of Transportation (USDOT), Housing and Urban Development on to the full committee. The bill offers an increase of $889 million over fiscal year 2016. “This bill invests in critical national infrastructure to help […]

May 20, 2016

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Arizona DOT requesting $109.5 million in USDOT grants to help with major interstate projects

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has applied for two U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grants to expedite work on Interstate 15 between Phoenix and Tucson, I-19 near Nogales and a bridge in the northwestern part of the state on I-15. ADOT has submitted an application for $60 million to USDOT’s Fostering Advancements in Shipping […]

May 5, 2016

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Senate subcommittee approves $16.9 billion in USDOT discretionary funds for FY2017

The Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee has approved a bill including $16.9 billion in discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is $1.7 billion less than fiscal year 2016 and $2.5 billion less than President Obama’s budget request. The approval is part of […]

April 21, 2016

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MAP-21: The good, the bad and the lessons learned

With reauthorization less than a year away, many agencies are thinking about ways lawmakers can improve the new federal bill. Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members joined last month at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, to lead a discussion about the good and bad of the Moving Ahead for […]

September 30, 2013

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TIGER grants demands surpasses available funding

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that the overwhelming demand for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants, more commonly known as TIGER grants, has again "far surpassed the available funding." Applications for TIGER III grants totaled $14.1 billion, far exceeding the $527 million set aside for the program. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) received 828 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

November 22, 2011

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TIGER grants demands surpasses available funding

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that the overwhelming demand for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants, more commonly known as TIGER grants, has again “far surpassed the available funding.” Applications for TIGER III grants totaled $14.1 billion, far exceeding the $527 million set aside for the program. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) received 828 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

November 15, 2011