by jnguye60 | May 9, 2024 | Equity, Resources, Roads, Bridges, and Major Projects
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) allocates $3.2 billion over the next five years to the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Grant Program formerly known as the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant (NAEG) program, which is the first-ever federal...
by jnguye60 | May 9, 2024 | Equity, Resources, Roads, Bridges, and Major Projects
More than 43,500 bridges in the United States are in poor condition, which pose heightened challenges in rural communities that often may rely on a single bridge for the passage of emergency service vehicles. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) invests a total of...
by jnguye60 | May 9, 2024 | Resources, Roads, Bridges, and Major Projects
The Bipartisan infrastructure Law (BIL) allocates more than $500 million in funding to the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program and $5 billion to the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The RCE and CRISI programs...
by jnguye60 | May 9, 2024 | Public Transportation, Resilience, Resources
Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Grant Program received nearly $900 million to help communities ensure surface transportation resilience to natural...
by jnguye60 | May 9, 2024 | Environmental Remediation, Resilience, Resources
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provided nearly $3 billion for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC). BRIC funding supports states, local communities, tribes, and territories to address future risks to natural disasters to help make...
by jnguye60 | May 9, 2024 | Environmental Remediation, Resilience, Resources
Natural features and processes are vital tools for building resilient communities and infrastructure. As cities shift away from “gray” infrastructure approaches like dams, seawalls, roads, pipes and water treatment plants, technology can evolve to play a new...