On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it had awarded $62 billion in FY 2025 funding for 12 programs investing in infrastructure.
Part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the funding will help build roads, bridges, and tunnel projects. Since its inception in 2022, the BIL has provided funding to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for infrastructure improvements. Officials said the money helps states fund unaddressed infrastructure needs as well as creates good-paying jobs.
“With over 60,000 projects funded through our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we continue to deliver on the decades-long promise to invest in American infrastructure,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “The $62 billion the Biden-Harris administration announced today will help states and communities continue to rebuild roads and bridges, implement new and innovative transportation solutions, strengthen our supply chains, and create good-paying jobs nationwide.”
Now in its fourth year, the BIL in FY 2025 will provide an additional $18.8 billion in formula programs compared to FY 2021, the last year before the BIL was implements. The funding is distributed annually by FHWA based on Congressionally mandated formulas.
“The Biden Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed into law less than three years ago, and yet we are in the midst of an infrastructure decade celebrating historic funding investments to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,” Acting Federal Highway Administrator Kristin White said. “These investments keep Americans safer, promote efficiency, advance our climate goals, and spur technological innovation. This funding also creates good-paying, high-skilled jobs and helps to reconnect communities, improving the lives of every American.”