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12/16/2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy yesterday announced the availability of $1.5 billion in funding for transportation projects through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program for fiscal-year 2026.
The program’s goal is to identify transportation projects with the capacity to have significant local or regional impacts including highway, rail, port and truck parking projects, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation press release.
Applications are due Feb. 24, 2026.
BUILD grants are awarded on a competitive basis for planning or constructing surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve safety, quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness.
The BUILD program was established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to create jobs and spur economic recovery through transportation infrastructure investments.
As of July 2025, the program has awarded more than $18 billion in 18 rounds to local governments, tribes, transit and port authorities and states.