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

by Jeff Della Rosa (JDellaRosa@nwabj.com) January 16, 2022 10:03 am

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday (Jan. 14) that $5.3 billion will be invested in U.S. highway bridges in 2022 as the first tranche of bridge funding from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Overall, more than $27 billion will be spent to repair about 15,000 bridges nationwide.

In Arkansas, the law will provide $278.7 million to fix about 663 bridges in poor condition and to preserve and improve nearly 6,000 bridges in fair condition in the state.

The U.S. Department of Transportation launched Friday the Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection and Construction Program, or Bridge Formula Program, which was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program will be administered by the Federal Highway Administration.

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