“America is fortunate to have a Builder in the White House.”
By Catholics for Catholics
No more funds for DEI bike riders.
A federal Biden-era program previously used to fund bike lanes for thuggish, entitled riders and “advance equity” will now be employed to fix the nation’s bridges, shipping ports and roads.
According to a story by the Daily Wire, the Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would be awarding $1.73 billion in infrastructure grants through the Department of Transportation to improve roads and bridges. Under Biden, the department focused on fighting “climate change,” pushing DEI, and funding bike lanes.
“America is fortunate to have a builder in the White House who knows America is only as great as our infrastructure,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told The Daily Wire. “That’s why this Department is investing in repairing critical roads and bridges that connect Americans to job opportunities, port infrastructure that bolsters our national security, and aviation and transit projects that move American families.”
The monies will be used through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program.
The Wire’s story reported that about 77% of the total grant funding ($1.3 billion) will be designated to roads and bridges along crucial transportation arteries, and another 7% will go toward beefing up the nation’s maritime organization, the Department of Transportation said. In contrast to Biden, when around 20% of funding went toward pedestrian-bike lane projects, no funds will go toward bike lanes. Just 2% of the funding under Biden went toward maritime projects, according to the Department of Transportation.
“The impact of these dollars will be felt in communities nationwide for years to come,” Duffy added.
A quintessential woke program during the Biden presidency, the BUILD program was renamed Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE), but the Trump administration changed the name back to BUILD.
A report last year from the New York Post revealed that more than $80 billion was designated to DEI-related projects under Buttigieg’s four years as transportation secretary.
Shortly after taking office, Duffy moved to implement the Trump administration’s policy of eliminating DEI from government programs and policies. He directed department officials to rescind any DEI or climate change-related policies.
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