• Proposed Rollback of NEPA Reforms Conflicts with Biden’s Transportation Infrastructure Goals

  What happened: The White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is moving forward with eliminating previously adopted reforms of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which governs the federal environmental review process for transportation projects. The CEQ proposal runs counter to the Biden administration’s own support for a massive increase in transportation infrastructure investment through ...

  Posted: 10/21/2021
  Category: Regulatory

• Senate Passes Bill Clarifying Eligibility of COVID-19 Relief Funds for Transportation Projects

  What happened: The Senate Oct. 19 unanimously passed a measure, S. 3011, which ensures state and local governments may use COVID-19 emergency funding for surface transportation projects. The bill authored by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) clarifies language in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) that provided $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local ...

  Posted: 10/21/2021
  Category: Legislative

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• SAP-34(16)M - Jones County

  4.475 Mi. of Overlay

  Let Date: 10/27/2021
  

• SAP-77(25)S - Wayne County

  21.385 Mi. of Reseal

  Let Date: 11/1/2021
  

• SAP-57(18)S - Pike County

  22.743 Mi. of Reseal

  Let Date: 11/5/2021
  

• SAP-29(12)M - Itawamba County

  0.000 Mi. of Bridge Maintenance

  Let Date: 11/12/2021
  

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• Call 01 for letting 2021-11-02

  Bridge Preservation on SR 302, SR 302 Ramp, SR 305 & SR 305 Ramp, (Bridge Nos. 18.1A, 18.1B, 18.1, 23.8 & Ramp), known as Federal Aid Project No. STP-0021-01(067) / 108288301 in Desoto County.

  Posted: 10/11/2021
  Category: Project