The U.S. Department of Transportation recently approved 180 infrastructure grants worth $3.2 billion from more than 3,200 projects that were awarded by the previous administration without project agreements. USDOT announced that it has approved 329 grants so far this year.
Those approved grants include a wide range of modal administration programs, from airport improvement grants to rail, port, and highway infrastructure initiatives.
• Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development or BUILD grant program: $60 million for four projects.
• Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects or INFRA grant program: $262 million for six projects.
• National Infrastructure Project Assistance or “Mega” grant program: $9.9 million for one project.
• Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program: $189 million for five projects.
• Safe Streets and Roads for All of the “SS4A” grant program: $14.6 million for six projects.
• Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation or SMART grant program: $90.6 million for 27 projects.
• Payments for Small Community Air Service Development Program: $12 million for 14 projects.
Some 29 state departments of transportation received grants for the 50 projects they directly oversee within those 180 grant approvals by USDOT.