Feds Slash Millions in Promised Funds for Local Transportation

Congress voted this month to claw back funding from some awards made during the Biden administration, particularly those focused on equity. The rescissions will leave dozens of transportation projects partly planned and without promised funds.

Governing

Jared Brey

July 29, 2025 

Jacksonville got the good news in March 2024. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $147 million grant award to help the city complete the remaining segments of the Emerald Trail, a years-in-the-making infrastructure project connecting a series of neighborhoods surrounding downtown Jacksonville. The project, a collaboration with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the nonprofit Groundwork Jacksonville, grew out of efforts to restore a series of creeks and reduce flooding. It’s meant to provide new links between urban neighborhoods and promote economic growth. The grant was awarded under the $3.2 billion Neighborhood Access and Equity program established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It was the biggest federal grant Jacksonville had ever been awarded.

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