South Jersey Transportation Authority

South Jersey Transportation Authority, a U.S. state government entity and transit authority headquartered in Atlantic City, New Jersey, operates as a federal grant recipient funding airport infrastructure modernization and maintenance projects at Atlantic City International Airport through the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116, 20.117).

The authority functions almost exclusively as a prime recipient (99% of awards) rather than a subcontractor, with recent federal activity concentrated on FAA airport grants. Between September 2022 and June 2026, South Jersey Transportation Authority received thirteen FAA grants totaling approximately $41.5 million in combined potential value for taxiway construction, runway lighting rehabilitation, aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment replacement, snow removal equipment procurement, wildlife perimeter fencing reconstruction, deicing containment facility construction, passenger boarding bridge replacement, airport master plan updates, and design-phase work. Representative recent awards include a $7.5 million Airport Infrastructure Grants project grant for Phase 3 of Taxiway R grading and drainage (awarded June 25, 2026, completion June 24, 2030), a $2.45 million Airport Improvement Program project grant for Phase 2 design activities for Taxiway R (awarded August 4, 2025, completion August 3, 2029), a $5.05 million project grant for replacement of two passenger boarding bridges (awarded August 28, 2023, completion August 27, 2027), and a $10.8 million project grant for construction of a deicing containment facility (awarded September 2, 2022, completion September 1, 2026). The authority also received FAA grants for COVID-19 economic relief to airports and airport concessions totaling $6.48 million (December 2021 and August 2021 awards). All awards are processed through the FAA's Eastern Region office; performance occurs in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

The authority's broader federal footprint across 157 total awards in the source data reflects a secondary real-estate portfolio tied to General Services Administration leasing vehicles. GSA's Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing accounts for 41 awards ($14.4 million combined potential value) under two basic ordering agreements (GS03B03402 with $128 thousand and GS03B08314 with $14.4 million in combined potential value). The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration accounts for 9 awards ($6.3 million combined potential value). FAA dominates by award count (58 awards across both the FAA parent agency and Eastern Region sub-office), but GSA leasing and DHS-TSA collectively represent 98% of combined potential value across the portfolio. Recent annual activity shows three to three awards per year from 2023 through 2026 after a gap in 2024. The authority also holds a single sub-award from the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety for a COVID-19 Crisis Counseling Program grant (May 2023). All federal work performed is concentrated at Atlantic City International Airport facilities in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.