# Chao Announces $900M Investment in Infrastructure - **Published:** 2019-11-27 - **Edition:** Midwest - **Source:** Construction Equipment Guide - **Authors:** United States Department of Transportation - **URL:** https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/chao-announces-900m-investment-in-infrastructure/46703 - **Tags:** BUILD Grants, funding, Infrastructure, transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation ## Summary ## Article U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the **Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program**. The funding has been awarded to 55 projects in 35 states. "The Administration is targeting BUILD Transportation grants to repair, rebuild, and revitalize significant infrastructure projects across the country," said Chao. Fiscal Year 2019 BUILD Transportation grants are for investments in surface transportation infrastructure and have been awarded on a competitive basis to projects with a significant impact in their local or regional communities. BUILD funding supports roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports or intermodal transportation. The program selection criteria encompassed safety, economic competitiveness, quality of life, state of good repair, environmental sustainability, innovation, and partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders. To reflect the Administration's ongoing effort to rebalance historic underinvestment in rural America, DOT has awarded 50% of BUILD Transportation grant funding to projects located in rural areas. For this round of BUILD grants, the maximum grant award is $25 million, and no more than $90 million can be awarded to a single State. The full list of awards is below: ## **120th Street Improvements** Omaha, Neb. Grant Funding: $16,960,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $21,200,000 ## **Additional Lanes on U.S.-72 (Florence Boulevard)** Florence, Ala. Grant Funding: $14,880,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $19,850,000 ## **Ala Moana Boulevard Elevated Pedestrian Walkway** Honolulu, Hawaii Grant Funding: $20,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $30,000,000 ## **Ashley River Crossing** Charleston, S.C. Grant Funding: $18,149,750 Estimated Total Project Costs: $22,749,750 ## **Blake Bottom Road Widening Project** Madison County, Ala. Grant Funding: $9,268,804 Estimated Total Project Costs: $11,586,005 ## **Bridging the Interstate Divide** Brookings, S.D. Grant Funding: $18,677,630 Estimated Project Costs: $23,347,037 ## **BUILD U.S. 460** Paris, Ky. Grant Funding: $10,200,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $17,318,000 ## **Central Iowa Water Trail: Phase 1 Dam Mitigation and User Access Project** Des Moines, Iowa Grant Funding: $25,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $31,250,000 ## **Colorado Military Access, Mobility and Safety Improvement Project** Colorado Springs, Colo. Grant Funding: $18,350,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $127,400,000 ## **Conley Terminal Container Storage and Freight Corridor** Boston, Mass. Grant Funding: $20,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $65,841,791 ## **Dry Piney Creek Wildlife Habitat Connectivity** Sublette County, Wyo. Grant Funding: $14,544,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $18,180,000 ## **East Locust Creek Reservoir (ELCR) Improvements** Milan, Mo. Grant Funding: $13,459,009 Estimated Total Project Costs: $22,686,610 ## **Grant Avenue Connect Parkway Project** Springfield, Mo. Grant Funding: $20,960,822 Estimated Total Project Costs: $26,201,028 ## **GROW LIFE: Growing Regional Opportunity with Leveraged-Infrastructure Fleet Expansion** Lancaster, Calif. Grant Funding: $8,683,480 Estimated Total Project Costs: $14,014,352 ## **Heartland Parkway** Campbellsville, Ky. Grant Funding: $9,800,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $21,250,000 ## **I-64 Widening: Nitro to St. Albans Project** Charleston, W. Va. Grant Funding: $20,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $265,000,000 ## **I-65 Mobility and Access Project** Boone County, Ind. Grant Funding: $16,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $50,600,000 ## **I-70/Picadilly Interchange** Aurora, Colo. Grant Funding: $25,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $56,600,000 ## **I-95 Resiliency and Innovative Technology Improvements** Robeson and Cumberland Counties, N.C. Grant Funding: $22,500,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $685,115,000 ## **Inland Port Arizona Improvement Project** Florence, Ariz. Grant Funding: $15,373,698 Estimated Total Project Costs: $18,073,699 ## **Interconnecting Gulfport** Gulfport, Miss. Grant Funding: $20,460,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $32,220,000 ## **International Cargo Terminal Modernization Project** Jacksonville, Fla. Grant Request: $20,000,000 Estimated Project Cost: $72,700,000 ## **Interstate 35 & 119th Street Interchange Reconfiguration Project** Olathe, Kan. Grant Funding: $10,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $25,400,000 ## **Lubec Safe Harbor** Lubec, Maine Grant Funding: $19,650,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $19,689,750 ## **Memphis Innovation Corridor** Memphis, Tenn. Grant Funding: $12,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $73,831,000 ## **Mills to Maritime Property Acquisition** Everett, Wash. Grant Funding: $15,500,000 Estimated Project Cost: $27,700,000 ## **Monroe Street Corridor Project** Ruston, La. Grant Funding: $17,191,530 Estimated Total Project Costs: $23,699,899 ## **MS 182/MLK Corridor Revitalization Project** Starkville, Miss. Grant Funding: $12,655,840 Estimated Total Project Costs: $15,818,724 ## **Mullan BUILD: Proactively and Collaboratively Building a Better Missoula** Missoula County, Mont. Grant Funding: $13,000,000 Estimated Total Project Cost: $28,372,000 ## **Multimodal Corridor Expansion and Improvement Project** Beaumont, Texas Grant Funding: $18,000,000 Estimated Total Project Cost: $101,245,000 ## **Northwest Arterial/John Deere Road Corridor** Dubuque, Iowa Grant Funding: $5,452,023 Estimated Total Project Costs: $10,545,029 ## **Northwest Business Corridor Truck Route Road Improvements** Hays, Kan. Grant Funding: $6,506,686 Estimated Total Project Costs: $10,787,131 ## **Old Odanah Road (County A) Bear Trap Road Project** Odanah, Wisc. Grant Funding: $2,376,808 Estimated Total Project Costs: $2,704,808 ## **Paducah Riverfront Infrastructure Improvement Project** Paducah, Ky. Grant Funding: $10,400,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $11,492,296 ## **PATCO Franklin Square Station Reopening Project** Philadelphia, Pa. Grant Funding: $12,580,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $25,160,000 ## **Petroleum and Cement Terminal** Anchorage, Alaska Grant Funding: $25,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $171,578,584 ## **Phoenix Sky Harbor Northside Rail Expansion** Phoenix, Ariz. Grant Funding: $24,000,000 Estimated Project Cost: $239,057,522 ## **PIT Cargo Building 4 Intermodal Freight Transfer Facilities Development** Allegheny County, Pa. Grant Funding: $18,690,047 Estimated Project Costs: $23,362,559 ## **Plank-Nicholson Bus Rapid Transit** Baton Rouge, La. Grant Funding: $15,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $40,218,000 ## **Rail-Truck Transload Facility Project** Spokane, Wash. Grant Funding: $11,300,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $16,900,000 ## **Shepherd and Durham Major Investment Project** Houston, Texas Grant Funding: $25,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $50,000,000 ## **Silicon Shores East-West Connector Road** Mooresville, N.C. Grant Funding: $13,609,131 Estimated Total Project Costs: $21,730,195 ## **Southern Illinois Multi-Modal Station (SIMMS)** Carbondale, Ill. Grant Funding: $13,986,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $17,482,500 ## **Southern Oregon Corridor Resiliency and Congestion Relief Project** Medford, Ore. Grant Funding: $15,500,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $39,370,000 ## **Station 46 Bridge Replacement Project** Augusta, Maine Grant Funding: $25,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $30,000,000 ## **The Orange County Local Alternative Mobility Network Project** Orlando, Fla. Grant Funding: $20,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $40,009,169 ## **The Underline Multimodal Mobility Corridor** Miami, Fla. Grant Funding: $22,360,552 Estimated Total Project Costs: $69,941,592 ## **The Underpass Project at Uptown Station** Normal, Ill. Grant Funding: $13,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $22,692,120 ## **Transportation Accessibility, Safety and Connectivity (TASC) Project** Greenville, N.C. Grant Funding: $15,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $24,000,000 ## **U.S. Route 30 Freeway Extension Project** Canton, Ohio Grant Funding: $18,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $116,675,110 ## **U.S. 285 Safety and Resiliency Project** Santa Fe, N.M. Grant Funding: $12,500,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $115,000,000 ## **Vermont, New Hampshire Route 119 Bridge Project** Hinsdale, N.H. and Brattleboro, Vt. Grant Funding: $12,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $50,000,000 ## **Veterans Boulevard Interchange, Extension and Grade Separation Project** Fresno, Calif. Grant Funding: $10,540,582 Estimated Total Project Costs: $71,663,764 ## **Washington Bridge Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Project** Providence, R.I. Grant Funding: $25,000,000 Estimated Total Project Costs: $70,000,000 ## **Waterway Village Multimodal Access Project** Baldwin, Ala. Grant Funding: $14,404,831 Estimated Total Project Costs: $23,000,000 ## Photos ![Chao Announces $900M Investment in Infrastructure photo 1](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-46703-Money-for-Construction.jpg)