Federal highway, airport funds
Federal highway construction funding looks to be stable through 2021, state transportation officials told contractors. About $555 million is scheduled to be paid in (federal) FY 2020 and $556 million is scheduled for FY 2021. In addition, there is about $100 million in unspent congressional “earmark” money still available. DOTPF is meanwhile completing work on the FY 2022 Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan, or STIP, the project schedule for that year. The draft will be available later this year for public review, officials said. The agency is now “outsourcing” to contractors 70 percent of the transportation project design work and 50 percent of the contract administration. Another development: About $25 million for small community transportation projects is also available this year. The program total is $50 million over two years. There are 44 applications totaling $315 million from communities, DOTPF said.