A total of 166 projects across the country are getting a slice of the $2.2 billion.
The competitive grants are more than double the amount awarded the previous year under the same program. The influx comes from a
“This is a program that recognizes many of the most interesting and compelling ideas and designs and plans aren’t going to come from Washington, but more of the funding should,” Buttigieg said. “That’s what we’re delivering here.” While the Tucson project will expand the number lanes for motorists, some projects elsewhere will reduce them. For example, a $17 million grant will help narrow a five-lane road to three lanes in the Chicago suburb of Munster, Indiana, in an effort to decrease traffic crashes. The money also will fund a 10-foot-wide multi-purpose path along the street and plant more than 250 trees.
Buttigieg said the U.S. Department of Transportation received about $13 billion in grant applications.
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