Secretary Duffy is chipping away at the unprecedented Biden-Buttigieg backlog of more than 3,200 unsigned projects.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Department has approved another 76 infrastructure grants to get America building again. The latest grants, which total more than $607 million, are part of the unprecedented backlog of more than 3,200 projects the previous administration announced but did not execute. Since assuming office, Secretary Duffy and the Department of Transportation have approved a total of 405 grants valued at totaling almost $5 billion or roughly 13% of the Biden-Buttigieg backlog.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, America is building again,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “The last administration claimed to ‘build back better,’ but they didn’t build back anything. Instead, they inserted wasteful social justice and green mandates into grants that drove up construction costs and delayed projects. We’ll continue to move at lightning speed to get shovels in the ground and projects up and running.”
Reminder:
The Trump Administration inherited a record number of 3,200 unobligated grants that had been announced by the previous administration but never obligated. This unprecedented backlog of unobligated grants delayed critical investments in communities across the country. Under Secretary Duffy’s direction, the Department is working diligently to accelerate the distribution of these long-overdue funds and address core infrastructure projects.
As part of this process, the Department has ripped out burdensome DEI, Green New Scam, and social justice requirements that Congress deliberately did not mandate. This includes social cost of carbon accounting, pointless greenhouse gas emission reporting, and discriminatory DEI language.
Additional examples of removed leftist requirements can be found here .
Removing these requirements will save taxpayers millions. Road construction costs skyrocketed roughly 70% under the last administration. The greenhouse gas reporting burden alone increased project costs and added months to the permitting process.
Grants Breakdown:
The latest series of 76 grants approved are outlined below. A more detailed breakdown of each grant can be found here .
OST
- Payments for Small Community Air Service Development Program
- 2 projects ($1.6 million)
FAA
- Airport Improvement Program – Supplemental
- 5 projects ($30 million)
- Airport Terminals Program
- 6 projects ($32 million)
FHWA
- National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant
- 8 projects ($33 million)
- Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program
- 17 projects ($126 million)
FRA
- Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI)
- 1 project ($59 million)
- Railroad Crossing Elimination
- 12 projects ($36 million)
FTA
- Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive
- 1 project ($12 million)
- Low or No Emission Grants Competitive
- 4 projects ($25 million)
- Tribal Transit Competitive
- 1 project ($412,000)
MARAD
- Port Infrastructure Development Program
- 1 project ($7 million)
OST-P
- BUILD
- 2 projects ($19 million)
- INFRA
- 2 projects ($188 million)
- SS4A
- 15 projects ($3.4 million)