RAISE Funding Grant Applications Now Open
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) to Modernize Infrastructure
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has opened the application process for the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program which is designed to assist a variety of projects involving streets, transit and other infrastructure.
The program is available to communities of all sizes in efforts to fix and modernize infrastructure. The 2022 program received an additional $1.5 billion over the nearly $1 billion received in November 2021. Funding requests have outstripped availability nearly 10 to 1 last year. Competition is fierce and new, elevated criteria has been included for proposed projects. Focus has been put on mobility and community connectivity and how projects will address mobility and expand connectivity for all users, especially, pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders.
Some $15 million has been earmarked for projects with areas of persistent poverty or qualified historically disadvantaged communities. Further, DOT stated that more competitive applications will address climate change, racial inequity and workforce development.
Applications are now available and due April 14, 2022.
