The U.S. Department of Transportation is investing $426 million in critical infrastructure projects across 12 states. 

These investments are being made through the department’s Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects (INFRA) program to address congestion bottlenecks, expand capacity on critical bypasses serving thousands of freight trucks daily and add lanes to some of the country’s busiest highways, according to a USDOT press release. 

The projects receiving investments include: 

• $85 million for the Florida Department of Transportation to construct a general use lane in each direction along an approximately 20-mile stretch of Interstate 4 between State Road 434 and State Road 472 in Seminole and Volusia counties. This project will expand freight capacity and relieve bottleneck congestion. 
• $25 million for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to deliver “direct safety benefits” by converting a congested four-lane expressway into an eight-lane standard freeway with median barriers and auxiliary lanes. The safety strategy targets a corridor with a collision rate 30% higher than the statewide average while eliminating a critical freight bottleneck. 
• $11.3 million for the City of Savannah, Georgia, to support construction of a new four-lane divided connector from Interstate 516 to a realigned White Bluff Road. The upgrade includes improved storm culverts along a critical hurricane evacuation and port logistics route. The project also expands corridor capacity to meet surging industrial demand. 
• $53.5 million for the City of Wichita and Kansas Department of Transportation to reconstruct and widen approximately 2.5 miles of K-96 from four lanes to six lanes between Hydraulic Avenue and approximately 0.5 miles east of Oliver Street. The project addresses Kansas’ “top-ranked freight bottleneck” by expanding capacity along a critical bypass route projected to serve approximately 5,000 trucks daily. 
• $28 million for the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government in Louisiana to convert an existing signalized intersection into a grade-separated interchange with ramps, flyover bridges and roadway improvements along approximately 2.2 miles of Kaliste Saloom Road and approximately 3.5 miles of U.S. 90.  This project will address one of the top 100 freight bottlenecks in the country. 

Other states receiving funding include Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Wyoming. 

Source: USDOT