by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

The cities of Little Rock and Springdale will receive $25 million and $5.187 million from the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Thursday (Sept. 5).

Funding received by the two cities are part of $1 billion in grants awarded through the SS4A program created by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. No member of Arkansaas’ Congressional delegation voted for the infrastructure law.

Eight other Arkansas cities and counties received grant funds through the SS4A program.

According to USDOT, the funds announced Thursday will go directly to 354 local, regional, and tribal communities, including nine in Arkansas, to improve roadway safety and prevent deaths and serious injuries on America’s rural and urban roads, including some of the most dangerous in the country.

Arkansas receives more than $32 million in federal grants for safer streets work