Arcadis NV announced its selection by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to provide technical assistance and advisory services as a Capacity Builder Team for the department's Thriving Communities Program. The total award for the team is $5.1 million. As a Capacity Builder and one of the first-ever technical advisory teams for USDOT, Arcadis and its partners will support 15 disadvantaged Networked Communities across the U.S. in developing projects around sustainable infrastructure, improved mobility and more at no cost to them.

The Networked Communities are located near airports, ports, rail and freight facilities and are one of four communities of practice receiving technical advisory services within the Thriving Communities Program. The team will work with the USDOT and pre-selected communities to determine project scopes and apply for funding afforded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. A total of 64 Thriving Communities program recipients were announced in April.

A two-year program period will begin in summer 2023.