109 projects to receive RAISE grants to rebuild and repair critical infrastructure, increasing transportation access and creating good-paying, union jobs for American workers in their home communities
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $1.32 billion in Round 1 awards from the FY2025 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program for 109 projects across the country, part of the Department’s larger announcement today of nearly $5 billion in awards to modernize America’s infrastructure thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
“Thanks to President Biden and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, crucial projects that communities across the country have long hoped for are finally becoming a reality,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “With the $1.32 billion in funding we’re announcing today, we’re setting in motion over 100 projects that will make roads safer, help mitigate the impact of climate change, and ensure that people in communities of all sizes can get where they need to go safely and efficiently.”
The competitive and popular RAISE program supports a broad selection of communities and projects of local and regional significance. Funding is split equally between urban and rural areas, and a large percentage of grants, selected in this first round of FY 2025, support urban and rural regions defined as historically disadvantaged or areas of persistent poverty.
The eligibility requirements of RAISE allow project sponsors, including state and local governments, counties, Tribal governments, transit agencies, and port authorities, to pursue multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to fund through other grant and formula programs. RAISE discretionary grants invest in critical freight and passenger transportation infrastructure projects that would otherwise not receive the funding needed if not for President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
In total, 195 highly rated projects requested almost $2.4 billion for the $1.32 billion available through the first round of FY2025 funding. The FY2025 notice of funding opportunity is still open for remaining funds, with applications due by January 30, 2025.
Project selections from round one include:
- ALASKA: $16,116,454 to the Native Village of Golovin, Alaska for the Golovin Relocation Project: This project will construct roads for the future relocation of housing and community buildings in the Village of Golovin that are frequently impacted by flooding.
- ARIZONA: $19,000,000 to the City of Flagstaff, Arizona for the Butler Avenue and Fourth Street Safety and Multimodal Improvements: This project will construct multimodal improvements along Butler Avenue from I-40 to Sinagua Heights Drive and Fourth Street from Sparrow Avenue to Crest Stone. The improvements include off-street bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks, mid-block crossings, roadway widening, corridor access management solutions with a raised median and two roundabouts, rapid flashing beacons, and drainage structures.
- ARKANSAS: $2,384,532 to the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the Multi-Modal Trail Network Planning project: This project will plan for the route alignments and 30% design, right-of-way plans, and environmental permitting for approximately four new multi-use trails and extend Belding Street approximately 0.25-miles from Lincoln Street to Malvern Avenue along with added sidewalks and bike lanes.
- COLORADO: $21,359,962 to Mesa County, for the Orchard Avenue (E 1/2 Road) Safety and Connectivity Project: This project will construct ADA-compliant sidewalks, dedicated bike lanes, mid-block crosswalks, new stormwater management features, and accessible transit stops along approximately 1.75 miles of rural Orchard Avenue, which is a main corridor for traffic to Central High School, Long Family Memorial Park, and Bookcliff Middle School. The project will also reconstruct the Grand Valley Canal bridge to allow for safe pedestrian and bicycle crossing.
- FLORIDA: $12,000,000 to the City of Sarasota, for the 10th Street and Boulevard of the Arts Complete Streets project: This project will construct complete streets improvements within approximately 130-acres of Rosemary District bounded by Fruitville Road, Tamiami Trail (US 41), 10th Street, and Orange Avenue. The project includes a roundabout at 10th Street and N. Orange Avenue, a mobility hub, a raised intersection, wider sidewalks, protected bicycle lanes, safety enhancements, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) and bike detection technologies, landscaping, lighting, drainage, stormwater, and utilities.
- ILLINOIS: $9,901,960 to the City of Decatur, for the Jasper Street Corridor project: This project will plan, design, and construct complete street enhancements along approximately 3.5 miles of Jasper Street from E. Pershing Street to E. Lake Shore Drive. Improvements will include traffic calming, lane reduction, enhanced lighting, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and solar powered transit shelters. The project will also add microtransit solutions and eliminate confusion associated with one-way streets.
- MISSISSIPPI: $19,947,355 to the Mississippi Department of Transportation for the I-55 Pedestrian Mobility and Safety Improvements Project: This Project will install ADA-compliant sidewalks on the east and west I-55 Frontage Roads, mark pedestrian crossings, safety signage, crossing push buttons and displays, and lighting, add glare screen fencing on top of the concrete median of I-55, raised medians with pedestrian refuge islands, and pedestrian facilities on County Line Road and Briarwood Drive over the interstate. The current inadequate pedestrian infrastructure along the I-55 Frontage Roads creates burdensome transportation barriers and the insufficient pedestrian safety measures on I-55 are significant factors in the 18 pedestrian fatalities that have occurred in the project area since 2019.
- NEW YORK: $25,000,000 to the City of Olean for the Connecting Communities: A Multi-Modal Vision for West State Street Project: This project will provide a complete street makeover of a 2.5-mile road. Improvements include a two-way protected bike lane or shared-use path, bump-outs and pedestrian refuge islands, marked crosswalks, pedestrian crossing signals and ADA improvements, green infrastructure, five traversable mini-roundabouts, and pedestrian and public transit amenities. Currently, West State Street has no facilities for bikes, scooters, or mobility chairs. Pedestrian crosswalks are 50-feet long, many without crossing signals. All of Olean’s primary schools are north of West State Street. 494 school children live in neighborhoods south of West State. They are too close to ride a bus so they cross this street twice each day.
- PENNSYLVANIA: $17,000,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, for the West Newton Historic Bridge Rehabilitation: This project will rehabilitate the West Newton Bridge that carries Main Street (PA 136) over the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland County, PA, improve sight distances and stormwater management at the adjacent Main Street and Collinsburg Road intersection, and improve pedestrian safety with a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon at the Great Allegheny Passage trail crossing of Main Street.
- WASHINGTON: $9,560,000 to the Port of Benton in Richland, Washington for the White Bluffs Southern Connection Rail Line Rehabilitation: This project will repair and replace the White Bluffs Southern Connection Rail Line serving as the Port of Benton’s short line. The project will replace at-grade crossing panels and signal equipment, repair ties and rail tracks through two at-grade crossings, correct and repair track bonding, repair asphalt approaches, and replace out-of-date signal components. The project will also replace up to 9,000 ties, replace all Wye track’s ties, rail, and switches. Electronic components in the Jadwin and Battelle crossings will be replaced as well.
- WISCONSIN: $25,000,000 to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, for the National Avenue Complete Streets project: This project will reconstruct National Avenue, in the City of Milwaukee, from 1st Street to 39th Street and add Complete Streets improvements, including separated raised bike lanes, reconfigured traffic lanes, raised crosswalks, a raised intersection, transit platforms and improved sidewalk space.
The full list of projects can be viewed HERE