Funding: $7,150,000,000 

Description: The National Highway Freight Program provides funds to the States, by formula, to improve the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network.

Eligible Recipients: Formula funding to States (including District of Columbia)

Eligible Uses: Projects that contribute to the efficient movement of freight on the National Highway Freight Network and are identified in a freight investment plan included in the State’s freight plan. A range of activities are eligible for these funds, such as projects to reduce the environmental impacts of freight movement, adding road capacity to address highway freight bottlenecks, or a highway or bridge project to improve the flow of freight on the national highway freight network. In addition, a State may use not more than 30 percent of its total National Highway Freight Program funds each year for freight intermodal or freight rail projects, subject to certain restrictions 

State Administering Agency: CTDOT

Learn More: Here. On February 2, DOT also released “Highway Safety Improvement Program Eligibility Guidance,” which you may review here. Municipalities should contact their Regional Councils of Governments (COGs) with questions.