New Grant Funding Announced for Transportation Construction Projects Across the Country

Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas are among the states receiving funding for a wide variety of transportation infrastructure projects.

In announcing what amounts to almost $1 billion in federal grants for the projects, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the selected initiatives will “improve infrastructure, strengthen supply chains, make us safer, advance equity, and combat climate change.”

The funding is more specifically coming through the government’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grants and is going to exactly 90 individual projects in 47 states.

The funding through what are called RAISE grants is seeing just under $14 million going for the modernization of a segment of Washington Street in Denver, to enhance the multi-modal potential of that throughway.

A project in the city of Trinidad in Colorado is slated to receive nearly $2.8 million for the restoration of 34 miles of rail track. That track is part of the historic Southwest Chief route and will include the building of 15 panel turnouts as well as some 20 panelized grade crossings.

Grant funding to the tune of $25 million is on its way to the New Mexico Department of Transportation for the reconstruction of 21 miles of US Route 64 in the northwest corner of the state. The project, among other things, will see the replacement of four bridges.

Projects funded by RAISE grants are generally judged on such factors as their environmental sustainability, safety, quality of life, and economic competitiveness.

In announcing the grants, Buttigieg noted that with the recent passage of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act “we will be able to support far more infrastructure projects to support jobs and everyday life in communities across the country.”

By Garry Boulard

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