While federal officials were touting the latest round of electric charging infrastructure grants for cars in rural and other communities nationwide, there also was modest good news for trucking.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Nov. 22 announced a tight deadline imposed in a final rule by the Federal Highway Administration for states to establish emission-reduction goals.

Rising inflation appears to be taking a big bite out of funding for highway construction projects, according to the latest data from the Federal Highway Administration.

States are getting their third annual raise in highway funds while dollar amounts remain unchanged for bridge and Appalachian development road improvements from money released by FHWA.

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores was awarded $4.8 million in federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations at eight locations, the company announced Sept. 13.

Up to $100 million in government grants is available for states and local governments to repair and replace broken electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

A plan to charge motorists driving into midtown Manhattan in New York City was challenged by neighboring New Jersey, which seeks to block the proposal as unfair to commuters.

The head of the Federal Highway Administration said the vital role truckers play at ports is at the center of a $400 million grant program to help reduce emissions.

State and local government levels are encouraged to apply for federal grants from a $848 million project to make roads, bridges and ports more resilient to extreme weather.

The Federal Highway Administration promoted chief counsel Andrew Rogers on Feb. 27 to deputy administrator.