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Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

20.938

Program objective

The Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program will provide Federal financial assistance to highway, bridge, and tunnel projects, highway safety projects, highway freight projects, and integrated mobility management projects, located in rural areas.

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. 2022

    In 2022, DOT awarded 12 projects approximately $272 million out of a pool of approximately 260 applications.

  2. 2023

    In 2023, DOT selected 13 projects to receive approximately $645 million in FY 2023-2024 discretionary grant funding from a pool of approximately 174 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.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Additional resources