A lockbox containing $1.5 billion in federal funding for surface transportation projects has just opened up to communities across the United States. The funding comes from a new program called the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program. The announcement came this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Any federal program that provides funding for transportation projects is great news to state and local officials. However, the same type of funding was previously available – just under another name. The new BUILD program is what the Trump administration calls an “enhanced” version of the former very popular TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant program. Translated, that means this is not really new funding.
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