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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded $1.2 billion to 39 state departments of transportation via its Low Carbon Transportation Materials discretionary grant program.
That program, which received $2 billion in funding via the Inflation Reduction Act, provides states, tribes, metropolitan planning organizations or MPOs, and other agencies with reimbursement and incentive funding to purchase American-made low carbon construction materials and products, including asphalt, glass, steel, and concrete for use in transportation projects.
FHWA also noted in a statement that under the Low Carbon Transportation Materials program, state DOTs can establish “new processes” to use low carbon materials on construction projects that receive federal aid.
Pete Buttigieg, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, explained his agency’s perspective regarding the “climate benefits” from expanded use of low carbon materials during a panel discussion in January at the Transportation Research Board’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. “Our aim is to make infrastructure materials like pavement more effective, resilient, durable, and longer lasting than ever before,” Buttigieg explained at that session. “It’s about making the right kind of investments not just to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure but to redefine how it is built.”
The state DOTs receiving grants from the FHWA from this round of low carbon materials program funding are:
Arizona Department of Transportation: $27 million
California Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Colorado Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
District of Columbia Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Delaware Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Hawaii Department of Transportation: $28.9 million
Iowa Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Idaho Transportation Department: $31.9 million
Illinois Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Indiana Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Kansas Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: $31.9 million
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development: $31.9 million
Massachusetts Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Maryland Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Michigan Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Minnesota Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Missouri Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Mississippi Department of Transportation: $26.6 million
Montana Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
North Carolina Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
North Dakota Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
New Jersey Department of Transportation: $27.8 million
New Mexico Department of Transportation: $29.8 million
Nevada Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
New York State Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Ohio Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Oklahoma Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Oregon Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works: $24.7 million
Rhode Island Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
South Carolina Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Tennessee Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Virginia Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Vermont Agency of Transportation: $14.5 million
Washington State Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
Wisconsin Department of Transportation: $31.9 million
West Virginia Department of Transportation: $30.5 million
Information courtesy of AASHTO. Learn more here.