Just 40 percent of funds from the massive infrastructure law have been allocated to projects three years after its passage.
Less than half of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has been allocated, according to a fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Transportation. As Julie Strupp explains in Construction Dive, this includes preliminary and non-binding announcements.
“Much of the law’s funding is available until expended, so it is expected to fuel construction projects past the five-year period. However, other funds are appropriated in specified amounts for specified fiscal years from 2022 to 2026.” IIJA funding flows to over 400 programs administered by different levels of government.
So far, the IIJA is funding some 60,000 projects and over 175,000 miles of roadway upgrades. These include 10,200 bridge projects, 1,100 airport projects, 500 port and waterway projects, 170 rail projects, and 11,200 public transit projects.
FULL STORY: $720B in IIJA funds yet to be allocated
Executive Order Pauses Infrastructure, Clean Energy Funds
Trump’s order puts a freeze on unspent funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Report Evaluates Equity in Federal Infrastructure Grants
The report indicates that large formula funding programs tend to support the status quo, reinforcing car-centric planning and inequitable spending patterns.
Top Republicans Encourage Governors to Ignore FHWA Guidance
Senators McConnell and Capito reject the administration's efforts to steer federal funds to infrastructure projects that prioritize road maintenance and transit and pedestrian improvements over new road construction.
Rethinking Redlining
For decades we have blamed 100-year-old maps for the patterns of spatial racial inequity that persist in American cities today. An esteemed researcher says: we’ve got it all wrong.
Montreal Mall to Become 6,000 Housing Units
Place Versailles will be transformed into a mixed-use complex over the next 25 years.
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Photos: In Over a Dozen Cities, Housing Activists Connect HUD Cuts and Local Issues
We share images from six of the cities around the country where members of three national organizing networks took action on May 20 to protest cuts to federal housing funding and lift up local solutions.
DARTSpace Platform Streamlines Dallas TOD Application Process
The Dallas transit agency hopes a shorter permitting timeline will boost transit-oriented development around rail stations.
Judge Extends NYC Congestion Pricing Through at Least June 9
A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s effort to kill the program, which remains in limbo as a lawsuit filed by the MTA moves forward.
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