On December 15th, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a USD 1.5 billion federal funding push to accelerate upgrades across the national transport network. The funding targets safety, capacity expansion, freight efficiency, and improved user experience, with investments spanning highways and bridges, rail corridors, ports, intermodal hubs, and truck parking. The programme builds on a long-running federal effort that has channelled more than USD 18 billion into local and regional transport infrastructure since 2009, reinforcing BUILD’s role as a key catalyst for high-impact projects across the U.S.
Most projects funded under this round are expected to be delivered between the 2026 and early-to-mid 2030s, with final completion generally targeted before 2035. BUILD follows a lineage of discretionary transport programmes—TIGER (2009–2017), RAISE (2018–2023), and earlier BUILD rounds—which together have awarded over USD 18 billion across 18 rounds, typically leveraging significant state and local co-financing. Historically, these programmes have accelerated bridge renewals, port access upgrades, freight corridors, and multimodal nodes, acting as strategic gap-fillers rather than full project financers. The current round continues this model, prioritising near-term delivery and measurable network performance gains in capacity, reliability, and logistics efficiency.
Official Source: US Department of Transportation
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