The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded more than $108 million in Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects and Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund grant awards to 85 projects.
“Improving safety for those traveling on tribal lands is of paramount importance to the U.S. Department of Transportation,” Arlando Teller, Tribal Government Affairs assistant secretary, said. “This funding can improve roads, intersections, sidewalks and bike paths in these communities for all who use them.”
Eighty projects were awarded $20.5 million in Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund grants.
Five projects were awarded $88 million in Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program grants, including:
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians was awarded $24.1 million to upgrade a dirt road to a paved road with wider lanes and shoulders.
The National Park Service was awarded $22 million to reconstruct a 0.7-mile segment of the Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was awarded $20 million to construct a 12-mile portion of Corridor K of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was awarded $11.1 million to complete the Crab Orchard Greenway, a multimodal trail along the Illinois Route 13 corridor.