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USDOT TIGER GRANT
PROGRAM RECEIVES $9.3
BILLION IN REQUEST FUNDING
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s
(USDOT) Transportation Investment
Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)
grant program has received $9.3 billion in
requested funding for this year, a figure that
is more than 18 times the amount that will
actually be awarded.
USDOT reported 585 applications have
been submitted for the $500 million in
funding available this year. Most, 337, were
applications from urban areas, with the
remaining 248 from rural areas.
“Communities across the country know
that if we want a strong, multimodal
transportation system that will meet our
needs in the future, we need to make
meaningful investments today,” says
Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx. “As we
have seen year after year, there are far
more worthy projects than we can fund
through TIGER, demonstrating the need
for a serious, long-term investment in
transportation funding.
encompassing transportation
enhancements in each state as well as
Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. This also
includes 134 projects that support rural and
tribal communities.
TIGER grants are focused on surface
transportation capital projects that
“generate economic development and
improve access to reliable, safe and
affordable transportation for communities,
both urban and rural.”
The last TIGER round provided for 39
projects across the country. It had 627
applications for projects valued at $10.1
billion—roughly 20 times the allocated
amount.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
signed by President Obama on Dec. 18 last
year, provides funding for the program.
Grants awarded will be announced later this
year.
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Since 2009, the program has provided
roughly $4.6 billion to 381 projects,
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