Traffic along the Glades Road interchange of the Turnpike in Boca Raton, Florida, on Feb. 25, 2022. (John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Specifically, the department took issue with the memos' efforts when it came to cutting back on "greenhouse gas emissions" and "equity initiatives."
The memos centered on how to best use the billions in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 across the country. Neither memo is currently available on the Federal Highway Administration website.
However, this is not the first time the memos have faced scrutiny.
The United States Chamber of Commerce in Jan. 2023 asked the Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt to get rid of the "Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources to Build a Better America" memo in order to avoid over-complicating the overall mission of taxpayer-funded infrastructure investments.
President Donald Trump, right, listens as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
DOT has taken aim at various liberal policies in the early days of Duffy’s tenure in office, including ordering a compliance audit of the California High-Speed Rail project and is asking for the Manhattan congestion tolls program to end. In Congress, other transportation-related efforts are being scrutinized, such as wanting to get rid of electric-vehicle efforts in the United States Postal Service.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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