USDOT Opens $5B in Funding for Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grants
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is combining three major discretionary grant programs and two fiscal years of funding into one Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant (MPDG) opportunity to reduce the burden for state and local applicants and increase the pipeline of “shovel-worthy” projects that are now possible because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The MPDG opportunity contains three grant programs: the National Infrastructure Project Assistance grants program (Mega), the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects grants program (INFRA), and the Rural Surface Transportation Grant program (Rural). The funding opportunities are awarded on a competitive basis for surface transportation infrastructure projects – including highway and bridge, intercity passenger rail, railway-highway grade crossing or separation, wildlife crossing, public transportation, marine highway, and freight projects, or groups of such projects – with significant national or regional impact, or to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants vary by program, but include:
- a State or a group of States,
- a metropolitan planning organization or regional transportation planning organization,
- a unit of local government,
- a political subdivision of a State,
- a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority,
- a Tribal government or a consortium of Tribal governments,
- a partnership between Amtrak and 1 or more entities described above, and
- a group of entities described in any of the above.
See Section C.1 of the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, May 6, 2024 through Grants.gov.
Click here to read the official press release.
