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Lawmakers expanded federal surface transportation programs under the IIIJA through the Endowments and continuous extensionssigned on September 2 the extension applies to the highway trust fundwhich keeps programs like INFRA authorized.
As part of this announcement, the investment will go toward critical bypass expansions and lane addition projects on some of the busiest highways in the US, according to the release. In addition to the projects in Kentucky and Florida, the other awards on the list include:
- $53.5 million to the Kansas State Highway 96 Reconstruction and Improvement Project in Wichita, Kansas.
- $44 million for the expansion of the I-55/I-69 freight corridor in DeSoto County, Mississippi.
- $42.1 million in the St. Louis Airport Corridor Project. Louis I-70 in St. Louis, Missouri.
- $28 million for improvements to the Kaliste Saloom Interchange in Lafayette, Louisiana.
- $27.8 million in improvements to I-295 in Cumberland County, Maine.
- $25 million to the State Route 71 gap closure project in Los Angeles County, California.
- $11.3 million to Project DeRenne, a freight mobility, military and workforce readiness connector, in Savannah, Georgia.
- $11 million in the 24th Avenue NE Improvement Project in Norman, Oklahoma.
- $7.2 million to the Cumberland Freight Access and Economic Development project in Millville, New Jersey.
- $6.7 million in repairs and safety improvements to the Green River I-80 tunnels in Green River, Wyoming.
The funding round follows a Investment of 481 million dollars to airport infrastructure, according to a Sept. 3 DOT announcement. The Federal Aviation Administration has also recently distributed $1.1 billion in airports in 46 states and three territories, according to a statement from the DOT on September 14.
