The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $186,050 project grant to the Union Parish Police Jury on May 4, 2023 to reconstruct two sections of Alabama Landing Road. The funding supports reconstructing sections of the roadway under the Federal Lands Access Program. The goal of this CFDA 20.224 program is to improve transportation facilities providing access to or located within federal lands by supplementing state and local resources for public roads and transit...
This $498,400.00 federal Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), will fund the reconstruction and preliminary engineering (PE) of US 11 from just north of Old Okahola School Road to the Forrest County line in Lamar County, Mississippi. This "Eagle One" project aims to improve the state's transportation infrastructure by modernizing and preserving this section of US 11. The...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 20.940), is intended to improve safety and mobility for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users along the I-10 service road corridor in New Orleans East. The $2,232,806 award, granted on January 17, 2025, will fund the construction of shared-use trails, trail connections at existing interchanges, and...
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) received a $3.7 million project grant award from the Federal Highway Administration on February 7, 2022 under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205). The grant will fund emergency repair projects on four road sites totaling approximately 17.12 miles in Warren County, Mississippi. The sites include segments of Oak Ridge Road (approximately 8.52 and 5.06 miles), Tiffintown Road (approximately 3.54 miles), and...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Regional Planning Commission on March 12, 2024 under the Federal Lands Access Program (CFDA 20.224). The funding will support the development of a comprehensive transportation enhancement plan for the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Regional Planning Commission, a U.S. state government entity, will utilize its expertise in transportation planning and regional...
This $188,033 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219), will fund replacement of 225 feet of an existing 895-foot boardwalk located at the Nature Conservancy's Cypress Island Preserve in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. The project scope involves completely removing and replacing the specified portion of the boardwalk with an innovative, sustainable Permatrak pre-cast concrete system set on helical...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Federal Lands Access Program (CFDA 20.224) to the Bossier Parish Police Jury in Louisiana. This funding will be used to rehabilitate approximately 2.5 miles of Bodcau Dam Road, 2.0 miles of Cotton Valley Road, and 0.7 miles of Ivan Lake Road. The award date is January 30, 2024, and the projects are scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026. As a county-level...
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $742,210.82 Project Grant on February 4, 2025 under the Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205) program. The grant funded the replacement of a culvert and road improvements on Smokey Lake Road approximately 1.85 miles northeast of Federal Forest Road 101 in Michigan. A sub-award of an unspecified amount was made by the Michigan Department of Transportation to the Iron County Road Commission to carry out the road construction work.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development was awarded a $667,119.05 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's Recreational Trails Program on January 19, 2021. The grant funding will support the development of approximately 3,600 feet of six-foot wide concrete trails, 2,250 feet of stone trails, 150 feet of elevated trails, and 455 feet of floating pontoon bridges in Trenton, Louisiana. The project aims to create a new nature trail...
This $5,554,417.52 federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) supports road resurfacing and signal backplate installation projects in Alabama. Specifically, the grant funds improvements to three state routes: SR-42 (US-98) from SR-16 (US-90) to the scenic overlook, SR-3 (US-31) from SR-16 (US-90) to SR-225, and SR-16 (US-90) from the Blakeley River Bridge to Bass Pro Drive. The Alabama Department of Transportation...