Nearly $5 Billion Announced for 560+ Community-Led Projects in All 50 States

In one of his last major announcements as U.S. Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg has announced nearly $5 billion in grants for 560+ projects in all 50 states, DC, and U.S. territories through seven priority programs funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program, the Restoration and Enhancement Grants Program, the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Program, the Airport Infrastructure Grants Program, the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program (Rural), and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.

Today’s awards announcements will:

• Improve passenger and freight rail safety and strengthen supply chains across 41 states with $1.1 billion in funding for 123 highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects.
• Strengthen intercity passenger rail service on six routes across the U.S. with more than $146 million in funding through FRA’s Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Grants Program.
• Reconnect communities that were cut off by past transportation infrastructure decisions with $544 million in funding for 81 projects in 31 states focused on restoring access to employment, education, healthcare, recreation, and fostering equitable development for under resourced communities.
• Invest in critical surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impacts with $1.3 billion in funding for 109 projects through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program.
• Continue modernizing critical airport infrastructure and systems across the country with $332 million in funding or 171 projects through the Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program.
• Improve and expand surface transportation infrastructure in rural communities with $785 million in funding for 24 projects designed to increase connectivity, improve the safety and reliability of the movement of people and freight, and generate local and regional economic growth.
• Continue expanding zero-emission EV Charging and refueling infrastructure nationwide with $635 million in funding for 49 projects that will deploy more than 11,500 EV charging ports and hydrogen and natural gas fueling infrastructure along corridors and in communities across 27 states, four federally recognized tribes, and the District of Columbia.

“When President Biden took office four years ago, he immediately faced some of the most profound and wide-ranging transportation crises in the modern era. Through his leadership, this Administration passed a sweeping investment in our nation’s infrastructure unlike anything since the Eisenhower years—and did so with the support of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress,” said Secretary Buttigieg. “Though the Biden-Harris Administration is drawing to a close, today we’re proud to announce one more major round of grants to keep that work going and further modernize our roads and rails, build out a national EV charger network, and ensure that transportation in the 21st century lives up to its basic promise and connects more communities across our nation. It’s a Big Deal.”

To date across the Biden-Harris Administration, $591 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced for more than 72,000 projects and awards in all 50 states, DC, and U.S. territories.

• 207,000+ miles of roadway are being repaired or improved from coast to coast.
• 12,300+ projects to build, repair, or modernize bridges are moving forward.
• 695+ transportation projects have been announced across more than 220 tribal nations.
• 1,060+ port and waterway projects have been announced by USDOT, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen supply chain reliability, speed up the movement of goods, reduce the costs of everyday items, and lower carbon emissions.
• 1,500+ airports are modernizing terminals, expanding operations, or improving runway infrastructure.
• 1,600+ communities in all 50 states have been funded to improve roadway safety for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
• 445+ rail projects have been announced, including those that will modernize and expand the U.S. rail network, deliver the first high-speed rail systems in the country, replace aging infrastructure on the busiest rail corridor in the Northeast, make freight rail safer, and eliminate or improve more than 1,400 highway-rail crossings.