USDOT Announces $900 Million Historic Investment in American Infrastructure
USDOT Announces $900 Million Historic Investment in American Infrastructure













WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. The funding has been awarded to 55 projects in 35 states.

 “The Administration is targeting BUILD Transportation grants to repair, rebuild, and revitalize significant infrastructure projects across the country,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao. 

Fiscal Year 2019 BUILD Transportation grants are for investments in surface transportation infrastructure and have been awarded on a competitive basis to projects with a significant impact in their local or regional communities. BUILD funding supports roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports or intermodal transportation.  

The program selection criteria encompassed safety, economic competitiveness, quality of life, state of good repair, environmental sustainability, innovation, and partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders.  

To reflect the Administration’s ongoing effort to rebalance historic underinvestment in rural America, DOT has awarded 50% of BUILD Transportation grant funding to projects located in rural areas.  For this round of BUILD grants, the maximum grant award is $25 million, and no more than $90 million can be awarded to a single State. 

The full list of awards is below: 

120th Street Improvements


Omaha, Nebraska

Grant Funding: $16,960,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $21,200,000

Additional Lanes on US-72 (Florence Boulevard)


Florence, Alabama

Grant Funding: $14,880,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $19,850,000

Ala Moana Boulevard Elevated Pedestrian Walkway


Honolulu, Hawaii

Grant Funding: $20,000,000  

Estimated Total Project Costs: $30,000,000 

Ashley River Crossing


Charleston, South Carolina

Grant Funding: $18,149,750

Estimated Total Project Costs: $22,749,750

Blake Bottom Road Widening Project


Madison County, Alabama

Grant Funding: $9,268,804

Estimated Total Project Costs: $11,586,005

Bridging the Interstate Divide


Brookings, South Dakota

Grant Funding: $18,677,630

Estimated Project Costs: $23,347,037

BUILD US 460


Paris, Kentucky

Grant Funding: $10,200,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $17,318,000

Central Iowa Water Trail: Phase 1 Dam Mitigation and User Access Project


Des Moines, Iowa

Grant Funding: $25,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $31,250,000

Colorado Military Access, Mobility and Safety Improvement Project


Colorado Springs, Colorado

Grant Funding: $18,350,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $127,400,000

Conley Terminal Container Storage and Freight Corridor


Boston, Massachusetts

Grant Funding: $20,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $65,841,791

Dry Piney Creek Wildlife Habitat Connectivity


Sublette County, Wyoming

Grant Funding: $14,544,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $18,180,000

East Locust Creek Reservoir (ELCR) Improvements


Milan, Missouri

Grant Funding: $13,459,009

Estimated Total Project Costs: $22,686,610

Grant Avenue Connect Parkway Project


Springfield, Missouri

Grant Funding: $20,960,822

Estimated Total Project Costs: $26,201,028

GROW LIFE: Growing Regional Opportunity with Leveraged-Infrastructure Fleet
Expansion


Lancaster, California

Grant Funding: $8,683,480

Estimated Total Project Costs: $14,014,352 

Heartland Parkway


Campbellsville, Kentucky

Grant Funding: $9,800,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $21,250,000

I-64 Widening: Nitro to St. Albans Project


Charleston, West Virginia

Grant Funding: $20,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $265,000,000

I-65 Mobility and Access Project


Boone County, Indiana

Grant Funding: $16,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $50,600,000 

I-70/Picadilly Interchange


Aurora, Colorado

Grant Funding: $25,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $56,600,000 

I-95 Resiliency and Innovative Technology Improvements


Robeson and Cumberland Counties, North Carolina

Grant Funding: $22,500,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $685,115,000

Inland Port Arizona Improvement Project


Florence, Arizona

Grant Funding: $15,373,698

Estimated Total Project Costs: $18,073,699

Interconnecting Gulfport


Gulfport, Mississippi

Grant Funding: $20,460,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $32,220,000

International Cargo Terminal Modernization Project


Jacksonville, Florida

Grant Request: $20,000,000

Estimated Project Cost: $72,700,000

Interstate 35 & 119th Street Interchange Reconfiguration Project


Olathe, Kansas

Grant Funding: $10,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $25,400,000

Lubec Safe Harbor


Lubec, Maine

Grant Funding: $19,650,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $19,689,750

Memphis Innovation Corridor


Memphis, Tennessee

Grant Funding: $12,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $73,831,000 

Mills to Maritime Property Acquisition


Everett, Washington

Grant Funding: $15,500,000

Estimated Project Cost: $27,700,000

Monroe Street Corridor Project


Ruston, Louisiana

Grant Funding: $17,191,530

Estimated Total Project Costs: $23,699,899 

MS 182/MLK Corridor Revitalization Project


Starkville, Mississippi

Grant Funding: $12,655,840

Estimated Total Project Costs: $15,818,724 

Mullan BUILD: Proactively and Collaboratively Building a Better Missoula


Missoula County, Montana

Grant Funding: $13,000,000

Estimated Total Project Cost: $28,372,000

Multimodal Corridor Expansion and Improvement Project


Beaumont, Texas

Grant Funding: $18,000,000

Estimated Total Project Cost: $101,245,000

Northwest Arterial/John Deere Road Corridor


Dubuque, Iowa

Grant Funding: $5,452,023

Estimated Total Project Costs: $10,545,029

Northwest Business Corridor Truck Route Road Improvements


Hays, Kansas

Grant Funding: $6,506,686

Estimated Total Project Costs: $10,787,131

Old Odanah Road (County A) Bear Trap Road Project


Odanah, Wisconsin

Grant Funding: $2,376,808

Estimated Total Project Costs: $2,704,808

Paducah Riverfront Infrastructure Improvement Project


Paducah, Kentucky

Grant Funding: $10,400,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $11,492,296

PATCO Franklin Square Station Reopening Project


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grant Funding: $12,580,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $25,160,000

Petroleum and Cement Terminal


Anchorage, Alaska

Grant Funding: $25,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $171,578,584

Phoenix Sky Harbor Northside Rail Expansion


Phoenix, Arizona

Grant Funding: $24,000,000

Estimated Project Cost: $239,057,522

PIT Cargo Building 4 Intermodal Freight Transfer Facilities Development


Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Grant Funding: $18,690,047

Estimated Project Costs: $23,362,559

Plank-Nicholson Bus Rapid Transit


Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Grant Funding: $15,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $40,218,000 

Rail-Truck Transload Facility Project


Spokane, Washington

Grant Funding: $11,300,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $16,900,000

Shepherd and Durham Major Investment Project


Houston, Texas

Grant Funding: $25,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $50,000,000

Silicon Shores East-West Connector Road


Mooresville, North Carolina

Grant Funding: $13,609,131

Estimated Total Project Costs: $21,730,195

Southern Illinois Multi-Modal Station (SIMMS)


Carbondale, Illinois
Grant Funding: $13,986,000
Estimated Total Project Costs: $17,482,500  

Southern Oregon Corridor Resiliency and Congestion Relief Project


Medford, Oregon

Grant Funding: $15,500,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $39,370,000

Station 46 Bridge Replacement Project

Augusta, Maine

Grant Funding: $25,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $30,000,000

The Orange County Local Alternative Mobility Network Project


Orlando, Florida

Grant Funding: $20,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $40,009,169

The Underline Multimodal Mobility Corridor


Miami, Florida

Grant Funding: $22,360,552

Estimated Total Project Costs: $69,941,592 

The Underpass Project at Uptown Station


Normal, Illinois

Grant Funding: $13,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $22,692,120  

Transportation Accessibility, Safety and Connectivity (TASC) Project


Greenville, North Carolina

Grant Funding: $15,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $24,000,000

US Route 30 Freeway Extension Project


Canton, Ohio

Grant Funding: $18,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $116,675,110

US285 Safety and Resiliency Project


Santa Fe, New Mexico

Grant Funding: $12,500,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $115,000,000

Vermont/New Hampshire Route 119 Bridge Project


Hinsdale, New Hampshire and Brattleboro, Vermont

Grant Funding: $12,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $50,000,000 

Veterans Boulevard Interchange, Extension and Grade Separation Project


Fresno, California

Grant Funding: $10,540,582

Estimated Total Project Costs: $71,663,764 

Washington Bridge Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Project


Providence, Rhode Island

Grant Funding: $25,000,000

Estimated Total Project Costs: $70,000,000

Waterway Village Multimodal Access Project


Baldwin, Alabama

Grant Funding: $14,404,831

Estimated Total Project Costs: $23,000,000












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