Federal Highway Administration drops plans to update project rules

The Federal Highway Administration has stopped its effort to update rules for federal highway projects. This means the existing rules for how projects are authorized, how agreements are made, and how advance construction works will stay the same.

The agency had planned to update rules that govern how states get federal money for highway projects. These rules affect everything from how quickly projects can start to how states manage their cash flow for large infrastructure builds. By terminating the rulemaking, the agency avoids changing how states plan and execute these projects, keeping the current system in place for the foreseeable future.