The White House has paused federal grants and loans, as President Donald Trump’s administration began an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.
In Kansas, state Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed said he learned of the Trump administration’s move Monday night, and the agency is still reviewing it and awaiting more guidance from federal officials.
Federal funds are a key source of money for highway and bridge projects, and the department expects to receive $664 million in federal funds during the 12 months beginning July 1, almost 40% of its annual budget of nearly $1.7 billion.
“We think it’s a low risk for our typical everyday highway projects,” he said Tuesday, before briefing a legislative committee on his department’s operations. “The target seems to be some of the initiatives that the Trump administration has said publicly that they want to change, things like DEI, electric vehicle infrastructure.”