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Bend MPO flags federal grant freezes and regulatory uncertainty affecting local projects
Summary
At the March 4 TAC meeting, MPO staff warned that freezes on unobligated federal funds and potential regulatory changes tied to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are creating short‑term uncertainty for local transportation projects and programs.
Bend, Ore. — MPO staff told the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee on March 4 that recent federal actions are freezing some unobligated grant dollars and creating regulatory uncertainty that could affect local projects and transit services.
Tyler Deakey, chair of the TAC and Bend MPO staff, said the MPO and partner agencies have been receiving “feedback from our Federal Highway partners as well as ODOT” and that “we're getting things changing and directives changing, sometimes on a daily basis and even sometimes twice a day.” Deakey said unobligated funding for electric…
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