Over $1.6 Billion of Discretionary Transportation Funding Announced

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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding as part of the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. This program replaces the pre-existing Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) also released a NOFO for $65,232,400 through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program (CRISI) and $60,000,000 through the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) program. For more information, including a list of eligible applicants and application due dates, visit the following websites:

BUILD https://www.transportation.gov/buildgrants/build-nofo

CRISI https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/21/2018-03534/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-consolidated-rail-infrastructure-and-safety-improvements

ATCMTD https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=303763