Date: 01/10/2025
Type: Implementation of IRA
On January 10, 2025, DOT announced $544 million in grant awards for 81 projects as part of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot discretionary grant program. The funding will be used to “re-establish routes between communities in urban, rural, and tribal areas that were cut off by transportation infrastructure decades ago, leaving entire neighborhoods without easy access to opportunities, employment and key resources like schools, medical offices, and places of worship.”
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot program is funded by IRA section 60501, which appropriated funds to the Federal Highway Administration to award grants to improve neighborhood access and equity.