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Brief of diving:
- Up to $ 51 million in federal funds which have been granted by the United States Department of Transportation, but not yet obliged, could be shown, according to an analysis of March 14 for Transport for America, a transport defense organization.
- The rural and center-west states may lose the majority of funds per person, especially for road safety projects, electric vehicle infrastructure and climate transport resilience.
- The organization analyzed a Memory of filtered policy The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Policy is aimed at reviewing all prizes that have no subsidy agreements and partially forced grant agreements.
Divide vision:
The note cites presidential executive orders and an earlier order and memorandum For the Secretary of Transport, Sean Duffy, who orders the administrators of the agency to identify and eliminate the rules, regulations and financing agreements that include or refers to climate change, in racial equity or in environmental justice among other criteria.
On March 10, Duffy announced in a press release Termination of two memories of Biden’s time. Those included policies It aimed to improve road safety, to make the streets and transport infrastructure accessible to those with disabilities and to promote electricity and electric energy recharging stations. Dot’s last note also addresses bicycle infrastructure.
“Although it is normal for a new administration to establish its own agenda, it has always been applied to spending and politics forward,” said Transport for America in an online publication. “This administration is establishing the precedent that any project does not be able to get rid of when there is a new president.”
Among the examples of programs that could be seen Streets and safe roads for all Grant Program: Only $ 515 million have been forced to 979 grants, leaving $ 2.4 billion at risk. Of $ 7.6 billion announced by virtue of Alta/Creation Programproviding grants for surface transport infrastructure for tax exercises 2022 until 2025, only $ 1.25 billion or less have been secured and forced, according to transport for America.
The organization also warns of possible subsequent actions, emphasizing that the current note only applies to competitive aid. )There are good reasons to wait for this administration to expand this review to cover other programs, if they do not agree with how states, regions, localities and traffic agencies use funds, “says the publication.
