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MDOT director says IIJA discretionary grants moving forward and flags DBE court injunction affecting goals
Summary
MDOT Director Greg Bridal told the State Transportation Commission that IIJA discretionary grants previously announced but not yet obligated are beginning to move forward and that a preliminary federal court injunction has temporarily altered how DBE goals are applied to some bidders.
MDOT Director Greg Bridal told the State Transportation Commission on Aug. 1 that several discretionary grants under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that had been announced but not yet obligated are now moving forward and that MDOT is shifting some small-business outreach in response to a federal court preliminary injunction affecting the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program.
Bridal said that some IIJA…
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