Fourteen projects receive federal truck-parking awards
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on October 14 that $200 million from the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects program will support 14 truck-parking projects in 12 states. USDOT says the projects will expand public commercial-vehicle parking along major freight corridors, at ports and near border facilities. The department also reports that 40% of truck drivers spend more than an hour a day looking for parking, turning the shortage into both a safety and productivity problem.
Awards include ports, rest areas and freight corridors
The announced projects include $11.95 million for approximately 275 spaces near the Port of Savannah; $24.5 million to expand and modernize six Iowa rest areas along I-80; $6 million for approximately 140 truck spaces and 50 container-staging positions at the Port of Wilmington in North Carolina; and $15 million for approximately 106 additional spaces at two Wisconsin I-41 rest areas. Texas awards include $5 million for about 100 spaces at a Fort Worth Pilot Travel Center and $9 million for access to a new facility with approximately 305 spaces near the Los Indios Port of Entry.
This is separate from the July BUILD awards
USDOT says it has invested more than $300 million in truck-parking grants since April 2025. The new $200 million INFRA round is separate from the $62 million in BUILD-program truck-parking awards announced in July for Kentucky, Wyoming, Louisiana, Mississippi and Illinois. Drivers and fleets should identify the specific program and project location when tracking progress rather than adding overlapping announcements together as if they describe the same spaces.
Awarded money does not mean the spaces are open
The announcement funds design, construction, expansion or modernization work. It does not state that all funded locations are available now, and each project will have its own procurement, construction and opening schedule. A planned facility should not be entered into a dispatch plan until the responsible state, port, county or operator confirms that it is open and provides current access, hours, restrictions and amenities.
Hours-of-service duties remain unchanged
The grants do not change federal hours-of-service limits or create permission to park on a ramp, shoulder or other prohibited location. Drivers still need a legal primary stop, at least one realistic backup and enough remaining time to reach either location safely. Dispatchers should account for loading delays, traffic, weather and parking search time instead of treating new federal funding as immediate capacity.
Driver and fleet takeaway
For current trips, continue using verified parking information and call ahead when availability or truck access is uncertain. Reassess the plan before the duty clock becomes tight, communicate detention early and never reserve the final legal minutes for an unverified stop. Fleets operating near the announced corridors should monitor official project pages for construction milestones and opening dates, then update route notes and approved parking lists only after a facility is operational. Track how often drivers search, reroute or park early because of capacity constraints so future parking guidance is based on actual lane data.
U.S. Department of Transportation — $200 Million Truck Parking Expansion
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