WASHINGTON – As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $1.2 billion to 39 State Departments of Transportation under the Low Carbon Transportation Materials Discretionary Grant Program.
The investments will support continued growth in clean American manufacturing, boosting the competitiveness of clean U.S. industries and the creation of good manufacturing jobs while reducing pollution from the production of concrete, steel, and other bedrock materials of our economy. By catalyzing demand for clean construction materials, the Program complements the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic investments to support U.S. manufacturers that are cutting industrial emissions – the source of 30% of U.S. climate pollution.
The Program, which received $2 billion in funding under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides States, Tribes, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and other agencies with reimbursement and incentive funding to purchase American-made low carbon construction materials and products, including asphalt, glass, steel, and concrete for use in transportation projects. Building transportation-related infrastructure with cleaner construction materials supports the Administration’s whole-of government approach to economic development and tackling climate change.
North & South Carolina both received $31,933,577 to ‘help spur investment in cleaner materials that are critical to building safe and sustainable infrastructure for the future’.
