US EditionKey Trump agency facing 'unprecedented backlog' inherited from Biden admin
- The Department of Transportation is addressing a backlog of approximately 3,200 grants inherited from the Biden administration, according to Secretary Sean Duffy.
- One notable grant involves Rhode Island's Washington Bridge, which has been closed since December 2023 for necessary repairs, according to the Rhode Island state government.
- The backlog totals $43 billion, which includes $9 billion in grants announced by the Biden administration but not finalized before leaving office, as explained by a DOT spokesperson.
- Duffy emphasized the need to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles and focus on real infrastructure projects.
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Trump’s DOT left to clean up Biden admin's $43 billion grant fiasco
The Trump administration’s Department of Transportation revealed that it inherited an “unprecedented backlog of grants” left by the Biden administration.In late March, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration reported that Secretary Sean Duffy had finalized a $221 million federal grant to rebuild Rhode Island’s Washington Bridge — its westbound side has been closed since December 2023 following a “critical failure.” The funding for the project w…
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Key Trump agency facing ‘unprecedented backlog’ inherited from Biden admin – Your Capital Minds
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is working through a backlog of roughly 3,200 grant awards that did not have signed agreements to go with them, which Secretary Sean Duffy said was inherited from when former Secretary Pete Buttigieg oversaw the department. ‘Since coming into office, my team has discovered an unprecedented backlog of grants leftover from the previous administration,’ Duffy revealed a couple of weeks ago in a statement. Most…
Key Trump agency facing ‘unprecedented backlog’ inherited from Biden admin
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is working through a backlog of roughly 3,200 grant awards that did not have signed agreements to go with them, which Secretary Sean Duffy said was inherited from when former Secretary Pete Buttigieg oversaw the department. “Since coming into office, my team has discovered an unprecedented backlog of grants leftover from the previous administration,” Duffy revealed a couple of weeks ago in a statement. Most…
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