PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $19.6 million in additional federal funds for transportation infrastructure upgrades this year, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Sunday.
The funds are part of an annual redistribution of unobligated transportation funding by the Federal Highway Administration’s grants for state transportation projects that were completed for less than expected or were not used despite being allocated.
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The R.I. Department of Transportation will use the additional funds for road maintenance, bridge repairs and traffic safety projects, according to Reed. Funds will be committed to projects by Sept. 27.
“Because of increases in federal funding provided in the 2018 and 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Devlopment laws, crews have been hard at work on projects throughout the state during this construction season. And with the infusion of additional federal funding, RIDOT will be able to tackle even more infrastructure improvements. But there is plenty of work still to do. My priority is to continue to deliver federal resources to help [RIDOT] Director [Peter Alviti Jr.] and Gov. [Gina M.] Raimondo’s efforts to modernize and improve Rhode Island’s infrastructure,” said Reed in a statement.
The redistribution is mandated by the Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which gives priority to states with large unobligated balances (or the cumulative amount of budget authority that remains available for obligation under law) apportioned by the FHWA for federal-aid highways.
