Build America, Buy America (BABA) for Road Weather Stations, Explained

Overview

In 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) ended a 42-year Buy America waiver for manufactured products. Here’s what BABA now means for road weather stations and other roadside equipment, and how to keep your federally funded project from waiting on a waiver. This video explains the following: which roadside equipment is considered a manufactured product, the two tests usesd for compliance, how the domestic component cost percentage is calculated, why the waiver path can take months, and how the CR1000Xe Measurement and Control Datalogger meets both tests.