For truckers, Maine was awarded $5.2 million to offset a $6.5 million project to develop real-time hazard alerts about congestion, bad weather and height restrictions on low bridges.

FHWA issued a $10 million emergency relief grant to Virginia on Oct. 18 to immediately pay for road repairs, especially a key freight corridor, damaged by Hurricane Helene.

AASHTO reiterated concern as to the time frame over FHWA's annual redistribution of unspent highway funds among states and the states lacking time to allocate the money.

The second phase of a $500 million reconfiguration of interstates 91 and 691 in Connecticut commenced on a congested freight route two hours from Boston and New York.

Federal Highway Administration leader Shailen Bhatt pressed federal lawmakers to consider a vast portfolio of applications designed to enhance safety along commercial and passenger corridors

WASHINGTON — Adopting emerging technologies across the transportation landscape will improve safety for commuters and the freight sector, the nation’s top highway director said.

House transportation leaders touted a Texas federal judge’s recent decision to strike down a Federal Highway Administration rule about emissions targets.

Senior Republicans are seeking to undo emissions targets the Federal Highway Administration is requiring of state transportation agencies.

Eyeing heavy truck emissions, the FHWA has awarded nearly half of $622.57 million in new infrastructure grants to megawatt and kilowatt charging and hydrogen fueling projects.

While federal officials were touting the latest round of electric charging infrastructure grants for cars in rural and other communities nationwide, there also was modest good news for trucking.