Infrastructure Insights

2. FHWA delivers most $$$ in decades

USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is providing $52.5 billion in funding to all 50 states and the District of Columbia under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The agencies claim the Federal-aid Highway Program apportionments, funding under the Highway Infrastructure Program, and discretionary funding through new and existing program grants will address long-overdue needs. It will:

  • help reduce the backlog of major repairs for highways and bridges and
  • help more communities develop strategies to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries.

Additional funding to be announced in 2022 will contribute to:

  • fixing up to 10 of the most economically significant bridges and 15,000 smaller bridges;
  • reconnecting as many as 20 communities by removing portions of interstates and redesigning rural main streets; and
  • a nationwide network of 500,000 EV chargers installed by 2030, including a program for smaller and underserved communities.

Georgia apportionments total: $378,920,913

  • National Highway Performance Program: $208,500,652
  • Surface Transportation Block Grant Program: $101,432,750
  • Highway Safety Improvement Program: $21,684,888
  • Railway-Highway Crossings Program: $1,957,093
  • Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement: $13,961,721
  • Metropolitan Planning: $2,135,894
  • National Highway Freight Program: $9,919,341
  • Carbon Reduction Program: $9,044,420
  • PROTECT Formula Program: $10,284,154

The bottom line: Georgia is set to get about $1.7 B in highway formula funds to spend over the next year, a significant increase from previous apportionments.

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