American Journal of Transportation |
August 10, 2017
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has released its proposed list of 10 project awards under the small project fiscal year 2017 (FY17) Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Project program (known as FASTLANE). Of the 10 proposed awards, most were multimodal and all featured freight infrastructure improvements. The Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) has long advocated infrastructure funding through competitive grants based on objective economic criteria and applauds USDOT’s rationale in selecting these projects.
“The Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program was designed by Congress to fund projects that help improve America’s commerce and freight mobility especially,” said CAGTC President Leslie Blakey. “We are pleased that this round of grants
lives up to that standard. Rural lawmakers have long expressed concerns that competitive grants may not be effective in their regions and are more likely to favor urban areas. USDOT has done well to select freight-focused, multimodal small-scale projects in mostly rural areas that can improve business efficiency not only regionally but nationally.”
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