Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects
Department Of Transportation, Office Of The Secretary
The Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects (NSMFHP) program will provide Federal financial assistance to highway, freight rail, port, and intermodal projects of national or regional significance.
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Helps governments and private companies pay for important highway and bridge projects. Supports fixing infrastructure and improving building processes.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Competitive grants for multimodal freight and highway projects of national or regional significance. Projects aim to improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of freight and people movement in and across rural and urban areas. Eligible project types include: highway freight, highway/bridge on NHS, freight intermodal/rail/water facilities, highway-railway grade crossings, wildlife crossings, international border crossing improvements, and marine highway corridors.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: transportation, freight, infrastructure
Region: US (federal program)
Other Criteria: State or group of States, Metropolitan planning organization serving an Urbanized Area with a population of >200,000, Unit of local government or group of local governments, Political subdivision of a State or local government, Special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function (e.g., port authority), Federal land management agency (applies jointly with a State or group of States), Tribal government or a consortium of tribal governments, Multistate corridor organization, Multistate or multijurisdictional group of eligible entities
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This program offers funding up to $800,000,000 (minimum $1).
The application deadline is May 6, 2024.
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