That appears to be a problem going into our election season of discontent. Turns out that the administration can't find enough "infrastructure" (aka Green new steal) projects before the November elections to spend all those $$$ bucks Congress approved.

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According to a POLITICO analysis of public data, only a small portion of that money has been spent.
$125 billion has gone out the door under Biden's infrastructure and pandemic relief laws.

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Biden’s biggest challenge: How do you even spend $1.6 trillion? (politico.com)

Of $1.1 trillion ,less than 17% of the funds have been spent.

Not that they aren't looking for wasteful projects . So let's say an elite in San Jose wanted to commute to their jobs in Silicone Valley ;so they don't have to drive their taxpayer subsidized EVs on crowded California highways .
What they need is a redundant 6 mile subway route . But to build such a project will cost $12.75 billion

Not to worry. The Federal Transit Authority has an idea. Let the US tax payer foot the bill.

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VTA is expected to finalize an agreement with the feds for more money later this year through the FTA’s New Starts Funding Program and will submit a formal request this summer for an additional $5.5 billion. That money is expected to cover roughly half the cost

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San Jose BART extension to receive $500 million in upcoming federal budget (mercurynews.com)

This is in addition to the $3.1 billion for its bullet train to no where that California got from the Feds at the end of last year.

Costa Secures $3.1 Billion for High-Speed Rail, Including Fresno Station | Congressman Jim Costa (house.gov)

.....and another $3 billion for a bullet train from Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga (population: 176,336).

Rancho Cucamonga to Vegas high-speed rail receives $3 billion in federal funds - CBS Los Angeles (cbsnews.com)

Translation goes something like this. "Thank you for your utterly dependable democrat votes. Keep it up, and there will be more on top of this."