FASTLANE Grant Program Awardees Announced

Who made the cut in the first round of funding for this new program?

This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) notified the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Senate Environment and Public Works committees that it intends to award a total of $759.2 million to 18 transportation projects under its newly created “FASTLANE” grant program. The projects selected range in size from $5 million to upgrade an interchange in a Seattle suburb to $165 million for a series of multimodal improvements to the I-95 corridor in Northern Virginia.

Demand for the first round of FASTLANE was high, with DOT receiving 212 applications requesting a total of $9.8 billion, more than 10 times the available amount. Ultimately, DOT was only able to award 8% of the applications.

The FASTLANE grant program supports nationally significant highway, bridge and freight projects. There will be a 60-day review period before the agency can issue the awards. Learn more about the selected projects here.

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TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Rather than providing monetary awards, this program places a full-time team to serve with sponsoring organizations

WHEN IS IT DUE? Rolling. Applicants invited to apply will be sent an application to complete by September 19, 2025, or November 21, 2025

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