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USDOT to Award $905.25MM in INFRA Grants
June 30, 2021
USDOT to Award $905.25MM in INFRA Grants Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The U.S. Department of Transportation has chosen 24 projects seven rail/port specific to receive $905.25 million in INFRA (Infrastructure for Rebuilding America) grants.
USDOT announced the proposed INFRA projects on June 30 (download complete list below). As required under the FAST Act, Congress has 60 days to review them, after which USDOT may begin to obligate funding.
USDOT not only prioritized projects that “would improve local economies, create jobs and meet all statutory requirements,” but also, for the first time, considered “how they would address climate change, environmental justice and racial equity.” In addition, INFRA projects were rated “on the extent that they applied innovative technology” and whether they could be delivered cost effectively. According to U
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The chief mate of an international shipping vessel aboard which federal authorities at the Port of Philadelphia seized a record-breaking 20 tons of cocaine in 2019 expected to be paid more than $1 million for overseeing the smuggling effort, federal prosecutors said.That disclosure a rare glimpse of the economics behind what customs officials have described as one of the largest drug busts .
Historic 20-ton, $1B Philly cocaine bust leads to prison term for Montenegrin ship’s crewman Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer
A ship’s crewman from Montenegro was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison Tuesday for assisting in smuggling a record-breaking, 20-ton cocaine haul seized by authorities two years ago at the Port of Philadelphia.
Vladimir Penda was one of eight men aboard the international shipping vessel the MSC Gayane to plead guilty to his role in what investigators have described as one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history with an estimated street value of over $1 billion.