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Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects

Program Information

Popular name

Infrastructure For Rebuilding America

Program Number

20.934

Program objective

The Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects (NSMFHP) program will provide Federal financial assistance to highway, freight rail, port, and intermodal projects of national or regional significance.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    On September 7, 2016, Secretary Anthony Foxx awarded $759.2 million to 18 projects across the nation. For example, $42 million was awarded to the Massachusetts Port Authority for the Conley Terminal and Intermodal Improvements and Modernization Project.

  2. 2017

    To date, 16 of the 18 projects awarded on September 7, 2016 have been obligated.

  3. 2021

    In FY 2021, the Department awarded approximately $900 million to 24 highway, rail, and port projects in 18 states that will improve local economies, create jobs, address climate change and advance racial equity goals. These projects were selected from a pool of 157 eligible applications requesting approximately $6.8 billion in federal grant assistance.

  4. 2022

    The Department received more than 250 applications seeking INFRA funding in FY2022. Evaluation is still underway and selections are expected in the fall of 2022.

  5. 2023

    The application due date for FY 2023 and FY 2024 funding is August 21, 2023. In 2022, the Department awarded 26 INFRA projects approximately $1.5 billion in funding.

  6. 2024

    In 2024, the Department selected 28 INFRA projects to receive approximately $2.9 billion in FY 2023-2024 discretionary grant funding from a pool of approximately 217 applications. The Department also selected 36 INFRA projects to receive approximately $2.6 billion in FY 2025-2026 discretionary grant funding from a pool of approximately 180 applications

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.