White House awards almost $38 million in grants to expand truck parking with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Florida and Tennessee are the lucky recipients of $37,600,000 in grant funding, but this list will likely grow soon. There has been a severe shortage of truck parking capacity across the country for years and it is the number one complaint of truck drivers. The U.S. Department of Transportation itself reports that 98% of drivers experience issues finding safe parking for their rigs.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the American Truck Associations (ATA) teamed up and wrote directly to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg earlier this year, appealing to the DOT for the need to invest in adequate truck parking across the nation.

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