美国运输部已有selected24 highway, bridge, port and other infrastructure projects in 18 states to share $905.3 million in the latest round of its popular Infrastructure for Rebuilding America, or INFRA, grant program.

基础赠款需求很大。DOT秘书Pete Buttigieg在6月30日的Zoom呼吁中说，该部门收到了42个州和关岛的157份合格申请。他们总共寻求68亿美元，远远超过其可用资金。

下文拨款provide only a portion of a project’s total cost. States, cities and other recipients supplement the grants with their own funds or other financial resources.

[查看DOT提出的选定项目的一页描述18luck官网here。]

Buttigieg说：“这些奖项将通过资助铁路和高速公路项目来创造就业机会，这些项目对该地区以及在某些情况下对该国至关重要。”18luck官网

He noted that the new batch of grants for the first time included racial equity and climate factors among the selection criteria.

Buttigieg also said that 44% of the total awarded goes for projects in rural areas, addressing the "historic underinvestment" in such locations.

The largest proposed grant in the 2021 round is $92.4 million to the city of Wenatchee, Wash., for a group of road improvement projects.

州际公路升级是获胜项目。18luck官网其中包括8600万美元用于加利福尼亚州约洛县的80号州际公路的改进；印第安纳州的7000万美元用于I-465和I-69印第安纳波利斯东北部的I-465和I-69的互换重建和扩展。

在拟议的赠款清单中，南达科他州的赠款也有6160万美元，用于重建I-90的I-90和6000万美元，以改善I-35的一部分。

西雅图市以1,130万美元的身份被选中，以修理西西雅图高层桥（由于结构性问题而被公开），以及与之相邻的斯波坎街秋千桥。Dot说，工作是包括更换受损的桥梁甲板，扩展关节和障碍部分。

洛杉矶市长埃里克•Garcetti participated in the call, said that one of the two projects from his city chosen for grants adheres to DOT's new climate criteria.

洛杉矶县大都会运输管理局的这笔3000万美元的赠款旨在加快两家高速公路合并的拥挤地区的交通运输。加塞蒂（Garcetti）说，堵塞扼流圈将减少车辆的排放。

Buttigieg also set the INFRA awards in the broader context of infrastructure funding, especially the recent announcement of a deal between President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators on a wide-ranging infrastructure outline.

Buttigieg说，如果国会批准了基础设施框架，那么Infra授予者是“我们可以更大规模复制的例子”。

赠款是DOT的拟议奖项。根据制定该计划的《固定美国地面运输法》，国会有60天的时间来审查选择。在此期间之后，如果国会不反对该部门的提议，DOT可以开始履行资金。