The Badger State could earn $141 million in federal grants to adapt transportation infrastructure and new construction to extreme weather.

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Wisconsin is one of 34 U.S. states to be awarded $900 million by the federal government to build a fast-charging electric car network, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced. The Badger State will get a total of $78.6 million over five years. 

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Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC – Bay Shipbuilding of Sturgeon Bay is receiving $1.2 million from the federal government for the modernization of its graving dock pumps.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday introduced a $1 billion first-of-its-kind plan meant to help reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, pledging wide-ranging help to dozens of communities despite the program's limited dollars.

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The price of a foot of water pipe in Tucson, Arizona: up 19%. The cost of a ton of asphalt in a small Massachusetts town: up 37%. The estimate to build a new airport terminal in Des Moines, Iowa: 69% higher, with a several year delay.

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With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis by slowing down cars, carving out bike paths and wider sidewalks and nudging commuters to public transit.

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Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden's infrastructure law as part of the administration's recent stepped-up efforts aiming to ease supply chain congestion and lower prices for American consumers.

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States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or improved ones every 50 miles along interstate highways as part of the Biden administration's plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission cars.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is vowing to help stem rising traffic fatalities, releasing a wide-ranging plan meant to reduce travel speeds, redesign roads and boost safety features such as automatic emergency braking.

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Wisconsin stands to receive $45 million this year for bridge projects as part of money set aside for bridge construction in the $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill approved last fall.

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