USDOT awards 37 states with $474 million in TIGER grants

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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded 37 states with a total of $474 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants.

In his announcement on USDOT’s Fast Lane blog, Foxx said USDOT received 585 applications for TIGER grants this year alone.

“What does this tell us?” Foxx writes. “ Every state — every community — in this nation has a to-do list. Right where you live, there are bridges in need of repair, roads that need work. There are new ideas for old problems that need a boost.”

The following states received 2013 TIGER grants:

  • Alaska

  • Alabama

  • Arkansas

  • Arizona

  • California

  • Colorado

  • Connecticut

  • Delaware

  • Florida

  • Georgia

  • Iowa

  • Illinois

  • Indiana

  • Massachusetts

  • Maryland
  • Maine

  • Michigan
  • Minnesota

  • Missouri

  • Mississippi

  • Montana

  • North Carolina

  • New Hampshire

  • New Mexico

  • Nevada

  • New York

  • Oklahoma

  • Pennsylvania

  • Rhode Island

  • South Dakota

  • Tennessee

  • Texas

  • Virginia

  • Washington

  • Wyoming

A detailed list of the 2013 TIGER grants is available here.

For more information, visit dot.gov/tiger.