TxDOT Hopes Biden’s Transit Priorities Are Good News for Its I-30 Canyon Project
The state agency is highlighting the project s plans to restitch the street grid between downtown and the Cedars as well as the land it would free up for development.
By Matt Goodman
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April 21, 2021
2:24 pm
The Texas Department of Transportation believes its redevelopment of Interstate 30 near downtown aligns with how President Joe Biden plans to spend the federal government’s mobility money. So the state is going after a lot of it.
The federal Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grant, or INFRA, is a $900 million grant program targeted at projects that will boost the economy and create jobs. In past administrations, that has meant highway expansions. But after his confirmation, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reshaped the program’s criteria to prioritize projects that featured components to improve racial equity and the environment, favoring those that