USDOT announces TIGER 2014 Grant Recipients
The U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx recently announced 72 TIGER 2014 Recipients and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority's (JTA) application to extend the Skyway did not make the winner's circle. The U.S. Department of Transportation received 797 eligible applications from 49 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia, an increase from the 585 applications received in 2013. Overall, applicants requested 15 times the $600 million available for the program, or $9 billion for needed transportation projects. Here's a list of the winning applications.
What Is TIGER?
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) is a supplementary discretionary grant program included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The legislation provides $1.5 billion for a National Surface Transportation System through September 30, 2011, "to be awarded on a competitive basis for capital investments in surface transportation projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area or a region." Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced the program on February 4, 2009. Lana T. Hurdle, deputy assistant secretary for budget and programs, and Joel Szabat, deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy, co-chaired the team responsible for selecting projects and watching over spending.
For More Information:
https://www.dot.gov/tiger/14awards
https://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/TIGER14_Project_FactSheets.pdf
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) is a supplementary discretionary grant program included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The legislation provides $1.5 billion for a National Surface Transportation System through September 30, 2011, "to be awarded on a competitive basis for capital investments in surface transportation projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area or a region." Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced the program on February 4, 2009. Lana T. Hurdle, deputy assistant secretary for budget and programs, and Joel Szabat, deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy, co-chaired the team responsible for selecting projects and watching over spending.
For More Information:
https://www.dot.gov/tiger/14awards
https://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/TIGER14_Project_FactSheets.pdf