Tag: transportation grants

Roadbuilding

Six states awarded $15.5 million in federal grants to explore new ways to pay for highways

Six states have been awarded $15.5 million in federal grants to explore new ways to fund highway and U.S. bridge projects, which the Federal Highway Administration calls “imperative.” The agency points to the Highway Trust Fund’s “gradual inability to keep pace with increasing construction and repair costs nationwide” as the reason we need alternatives to […]

October 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT & Land Conservation award $2 million for local community transportation, land projects

The grants are for funding transportation and land use planning projects for Oregon communities and valued at roughly $2 million. Details on Equipment World.

August 29, 2017

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT awards $100 million in additional Community Crossings local matching grants

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has awarded $100 million in Community Crossings matching grants, on top of the $47 million announced previously, for local road and bridge improvements. The Community Crossings program is funded by legislation approved earlier this year that will provide more than $1.2 billion in funding for road and bridge preservation projects. Roughly […]

September 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT awarded $10 million to complete parkway authorized in 1944

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Tennessee Department of Transportation a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to complete a 16-mile segment of the Foothills Parkway in Blount and Sevier counties. The National Park Service and the state of Tennessee have committed funding to match the grant to make sure […]

August 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

MaineDOT gets $10.5 million TIGER grant for Beals Island Bridge replacement

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has been awarded a $10.5 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for replacing the Beals Island Bridge in Jonesport. “This important funding will allow the MaineDOT to move forward in replacing the bridge, improving public safety, increasing connectivity between the island […]

August 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway Project gets $165 million FASTLANE grant

Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway, an Interstate 95 and rail expansion project, has received a FASTLANE program from the U.S. Department of Transportation for $165 million. The state’s grant request had originally been for $200 million. Total resources for the project now come to $1.4 billion, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), including the grant, […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Louisiana applies for $100 million FASTLANE grant for I-10 pavement replacement

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) have submitted a $100 million application for Interstate 10 pavement replacement to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) grant program. The FASTLANE program was made possible by a […]

April 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

U.S. DOT awards $500 million in TIGER Grants for 39 transportation projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $500 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants to 39 transportation projects across the country. TIGER grants “recognize projects nationwide that will advance key transportation goals such as safety, innovation and opportunity.” USDOT said this year, which is the seventh round of the program, the agency […]

October 30, 2015