Will include a $350 million set-aside in the BUILD program for high-growth areas like Northwest Arkansas, Charleston, Huntsville, and Jacksonville.

Steve Womack · Arkansas · Republican

spending impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

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Evidence

The FY 2026 BUILD notice says grants will be awarded on a competitive basis, and selections are expected no later than June 28, 2026.

The current BUILD round is still pending; this official notice does not show a completed $350 million high-growth-area set-aside.

unresolved same_term

FY 2026 BUILD Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity | US Department of Transportation
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DOT says BUILD location designations are urban or rural, plus Areas of Persistent Poverty and Historically Disadvantaged Communities; those designations affect the federal share and funding distribution.

The program’s actual carve-outs are urban/rural and poverty/disadvantaged-community based, not a high-growth-area reserve.

unresolved same_term

BUILD Location Designations | US Department of Transportation
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Assessments

unresolved unknown

Available evidence does not show that a $350 million BUILD set-aside for high-growth areas was actually created. The FY 2026 BUILD notice indicates the round is still being administered on a competitive basis, and DOT's published location categories are urban/rural and poverty or disadvantaged-community based, not a reserve for high-growth regions like Northwest Arkansas, Charleston, Huntsville, and Jacksonville. Because Womack is still in office and the record here does not show a final completed outcome or a definitive failed end-state, the promise is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered, partial, or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 88%