Trump’s Transportation Secretary Invests $1 Billion into Building Big, Beautiful Infrastructure to Make American Roads Safer
Funding totaling $982,231,998 will be distributed to 521 projects in 48 states, 18 Tribal communities, and Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced nearly $1 billion in funding to make roads safer for American families. This investment will support projects that improve intersection safety, build roundabouts, upgrade sidewalks, and strengthen emergency response services—making streets safer in communities across the country.
Through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) competitive grant program, $982,231,998 will be awarded to 521 projects across 48 states, 18 tribes, and Puerto Rico. The SS4A program helps improve roadway safety by investing in safety strategies that will reduce serious injuries and fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and truck drivers.
In April, Secretary Duffy announced the program had been retooled to remove DEI and environmental justice requirements installed by the last administration. These absurd requirements were bogging down the system and making it harder for dollars to flow to critical safety projects across the country.
“Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg inserted radical DEI and Green New Scam requirements into these safety grant programs – making it harder for communities to apply for these funds and delaying critical projects. Under President Trump’s leadership, we’ve put aside the woke nonsense and focused on one goal: safety,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “We’re moving these investments at the speed of Trump to save lives and deliver infrastructure upgrades that will benefit the American people for generations.”
The list of the 521 winners can be found here.
Additional Information:
The SS4A program offers two types of grants: Planning and Demonstration Grants and Implementation Grants. Planning and Demonstration Grants support the development, completion or enhancement of an Action Plan, while Implementation Grants fund projects or strategies aligned with an existing Action Plan to address roadway safety challenges.
The investments include: $5.6 million to Memphis, Tennessee, to construct traffic incident management training facility to improve first-responder driving; $4 million to Shawnee County, Kansas, for upgrades to 911 and emergency communications to improve crash detection, location accuracy and coordinated response across rural, high-risk corridors; and $21.4 million for Huntsville, Alabama, to build a cable-suspended pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Governors Drive and Memorial Parkway.
Grant recipients are selected through a collaborative process led by the Department, bringing together experts from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
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