$225 Million in Federal Funding for Bridges and Highways Announced

The American Society of Landscape Architects announced it will pay tribute to the distinguished recipients of ASLA's highest honors: The ASLA U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the recipients of $225 million in Competitive Highway Bridge Program funding. The program will fund 20 bridge and highway projects in 18 states.

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By law, the funds are restricted to states with population densities of less than 100 people per square-mile based on census data. Twenty-five states met those qualifications.

According to USDOT, the funds must be used for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that leverage the efficiencies associated with "bundling" at least two highway bridge projects into a single contract. Bundling offers cost and time savings, which are beneficial to reducing the transportation project backlog.

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The grant program was funded by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, from the U.S. Treasury's General Fund. State Departments of Transportation in the 25 eligible states were invited to apply for the funding.