$47 Million in Grant Funding Awarded for Alaska Transportation Projects

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) announced today that Alaska will receive more than $47 million in grants to invest in critical transportation projects from Western Alaska to Homer and Southeast. These awards, made possible through the Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program as part of theInfrastructure Investments and Jobs Actand annual appropriations, will revitalize road, rail, and maritime transportation connections in communities across the state.
“Alaska is a young, resource-rich, infrastructure-poor state, which means our state needs the substantial federal infrastructure investments that other states have benefited from for decades,”Senator Sullivan said.“Through my work on the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as well as Environment and Public Works, we’ve had great success securing major awards for transportation infrastructure projects, with hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term investments coming to our state in the last year alone. These projects are crucial to ensuring safe and reliable transportation access, strengthening our supply chains, and unlocking economic opportunities for Alaskans. I’m glad to see an additional $47 million in federal resources being deployed to update vital infrastructure and improve the lives and well-being of Alaskans in communities from Western Alaska to the Kenai Peninsula to Southeast.”
“From Nome to the Western Aleutians, these grants from U.S. Department of Transportation will have significant impacts on Alaskans, investing in resilient infrastructure as well as research and planning efforts that will make Alaska more accessible and connected,”said Senator Murkowski.
Grant recipients (information provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation):
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