In addition to the more than $4 billion in additional highway and bridge funds coming to PennDOT over five years, the department is the recipient of grant funding from the IIJA and, as a result, will be partners in making historic investments in Pennsylvania's transportation system. The funding awarded is designed to improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of the transportation system PennDOT manages.
Awarded Grants
To learn more about the new investments being made across the Commonwealth, read highlights of IIJA funding PennDOT has been awarded below.
Projects are listed in order of award announcement date.
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $69 M | Agreement Executed | Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant – Rural | Fund improvements or expansions of surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant national/regional impact, or in rural areas. | 12/19/2022 | Construction of a new four-lane limited access highway, connecting US Routes 11/15 near Selinsgrove to US Route 15 near Winfield; will also include an interchange and connector within Shamokin Dam to PA Route 61 into Sunbury. Learn more. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $375 K | Awarded | Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program | Fund highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects to improve the safety and mobility of people and goods. | 6/5/2023 | Initiation of crossing elimination study for three at-grade crossings on CSX/SEPTA lines that experience traffic congestion and loading delays in the Philadelphia region. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19 M | Awarded | Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity | Fund capital investments in road, rail, transit, and port projects with significant local or regional impact on safety, quality of life, innovation, and mobility. | 6/23/2023 | Replacement of the Fort Jenkin and Water Street Bridges, including on-street bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements, will also include modernizing seven adjacent intersections. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3.91 M | Agreement Executed | Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems | Promote, implement, deploy, demonstrate, showcase, support, and document the application of advanced digital construction management systems, practices, performance, and benefits. | 11/2023 | Utilize an open data standard, eliminating the need for expensive, proprietary technologies that hinder the exchange of information between design and construction teams. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $840 K | Awarded | Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program | Reduce wildlife vehicle collisions while improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species. | 12/2023 | Develop a comprehensive statewide strategic plan to address the wide-ranging challenges and opportunities associated with the safe management and stewardship of wildlife crossings across Pennsylvania. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over $140 M | Awarded – Agreement will be executed 2/15 | Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail and Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) | Funds capital projects that reduce backlog, improve performance, or expand/establish new intercity passenger rail service, and a comprehensive intercity passenger rail planning and development program. | 12/2023 | Support the expansion of passenger rail service between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh and study three additional passenger rail corridors throughout Pennsylvania. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $78 M | Awarded | Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant | Fund improvement or expansion of surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant national/regional impact. | 1/5/2023 | This funding will help Philadelphia enhance safety, accessibility, and travel time reliability along Roosevelt Boulevard. The efforts include intersection and roadway reconfigurations, median barriers, traffic signal upgrades, corridor access management, complete streets enhancements, and new business access and transit lanes. Learn more. |
* PennDOT Co-Applicant
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.8 M | Study Completed | Reconnecting Communities Pilot | Address barriers to community connectivity by focusing on removing, retrofitting, mitigating, or replacing facilities that previously cut off communities from economic opportunities. | 2/23/2023 | The project will study ways to reconnect Chinatown across the Vine Street Expressway (I-676), which divided the historic neighborhood in half when it was constructed. Learn more. |
* PennDOT Co-Applicant
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $700 K | Agreement Executed | Accelerated Innovation Deployment | Accelerate implementation of proven innovations in highway transportation. | 8/22/2023 | PennDOT will use targeted overlay pavement solutions in five Engineering Districts. These solutions enhance overlay performance for both asphalt and concrete pavements, reduce maintenance, extend pavement service life, minimize work zones, increase skid resistance, improve flood resiliency, and reduce noise. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 K | Agreement Executed | Corridor ID | Guide the development of new and enhanced intercity passenger rail services to help bolster economic growth. | 12/8/2023 | The proposed corridor will enhance Amtrak Keystone and Pennsylvanian services between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA. It includes adding frequencies, including at least one additional daily round trip between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, reducing end-to-end travel time, and improving reliability. The corridor sponsor will enter Step 1 to develop a scope, schedule, and cost estimate for their service development plan. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 K | Agreement Executed | Corridor ID | Guide the development of new and enhanced intercity passenger rail services to help bolster economic growth. | 12/8/2023 | The proposed corridor aims to connect Scranton, PA, and New York, NY, with intermediate stops at Stroudsburg and Mt. Pocono, PA, and Blairstown, Dover, Montclair, Morristown, and Newark, NJ. It would provide new service (three daily round-trips) on a mostly existing alignment, including a rebuilt abandoned track. The entire alignment for this corridor is under public ownership. The corridor sponsor will enter Step 1 to develop a scope, schedule, and cost estimate for their service development plan. |
* PennDOT Co-Applicant
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5 M | Agreement Executed | Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator | Focus on repairing or replacing broken/non-operational electric vehicle chargers. | 1/18/2024 | This award will repair or replace broken or non-operational electric vehicle charging ports to improve the reliability of existing charging infrastructure. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $645 K | Agreement Executed | Vehicle Technologies Office Program-Wide Funding Opportunity | Research projects to address the following priorities: batteries and electrification; combustion and advanced fuels; lightweight materials; energy-efficient mobility systems; and technology integration. | 1/8/2024 | The project will advance sustainability in construction operations by successfully demonstrating and deploying electric construction vehicles. The project aims to replace traditional internal combustion engine-powered construction vehicles with clean, electric alternatives, highlighting their efficiency, effectiveness, and environmental benefits. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 M | Awarded | Bridge Investment Program | Enhance bridge safety, efficiency, and reliability, improve overall bridge conditions, and provide financial assistance that leverages non-federal contributions for projects exceeding $100 million. | 7/17/2024 | The project will replace South Bridge, which currently serves over 125,000 vehicles daily. In addition to the bridge replacement, the project will address critical safety concerns and enhance the bridge's resilience to extreme weather conditions. It will also generate well-paying jobs in the community. Key components of the project include reconfiguring the Lemoyne interchange and reconstructing both the viaduct and the Front Street/2nd Street interchange. Learn more. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $759 K | Agreement Executed | Accelerated Innovation Demonstration (AID) | Encourage the quick adoption and implementation of proven innovative technologies in highway transportation. | 11/01/2024 | The project will connect cleaned CAD data from partners, such as the Pennsylvania State Police and 911 Centers, to PennDOT's TMC Operations software. This cleaned data will remove any personal information and details about criminal investigations, allowing TMCs to receive critical information directly. By sharing incident details promptly, the project will enable different agencies to work more effectively together, enhance incident management, and expedite response times. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.78 M | Agreement Executed | Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) | Fund demonstration projects that use advanced smart community technologies and systems to improve transportation efficiency and safety. | 3/14/2024 | This pilot project leverages V2X Communication, which enables vehicles to interact with each other, infrastructure, and other road users via cellular networks, to deliver real-time curve speed warnings. The goal is to enhance road safety and facilitate the exchange of critical information to improve driving safety and efficiency. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6.67 M | Awarded | Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) | Help build and maintain road, transit, port, and railway infrastructure that can better withstand severe weather events. | 4/11/2024 | The project aims to raise the height of the floodwall protecting I-376 in downtown Pittsburgh from Monongahela River flooding, thereby significantly reducing highway closures, delays, and traffic congestion, as well as the associated risks and costs of flooding, while also enhancing safety for travelers and emergency personnel. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.4 M | Agreement Executed | High Priority Activities Program | Funds to support innovative and impactful projects that advance its mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. | 9/26/2024 | Award to fund the following projects: 1. PennDOT ITD Systems Architect and Program Manager 2. PennDOT Program Plan/Top Level Design (PP/TLD) Update 3. Pennsylvania CVIEW Development, Implementation, and Maintenance 4. Electronic Screening Site Study and Recommendations |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Rescinded by the H.R. 1 | LCTM | Reduce pollution by using low-carbon construction materials and products in transportation projects. | 11/14/2024 | The program will focus on asphalt mixtures, cement/concrete, and steel, enabling PennDOT to promote the use of LCTMs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in construction projects through the adoption of innovative technologies, development of specifications, and performance monitoring. This approach will provide sustainability and alignment with industry best practices. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.33 M | Agreement Executed | Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) | Support projects that utilize advanced smart technology to enhance transportation safety and efficiency in communities. | 12/16/2024 | This project will use specialized truck traffic signals at busy intersections in high-pollution areas of central PA, helping improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion. |
| Amount Awarded | Grant Status | Competitive Grant Type | Purpose of Grant | Award Announced | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17 M | Awarded | Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity | Fund infrastructure projects that enhance safety, sustainability, and equality. | 1/10/2025 | This project will modernize and restore the 1907 bridge, which carries 6,557 vehicles and over 100 non-motorized users daily, to meet safety and mobility needs and prevent detrimental economic impacts from potential closure. Learn more. |
Past Grant Alerts
The Past Grant Alerts section displays federal grant programs that are no longer accepting applications. While these opportunities have closed, the section serves as a valuable resource for understanding the types of programs that have successfully awarded funding. By reviewing this information, users can gain insights into best practices, learn what makes applicants successful, and explore the scope of historic investments made through these grants.
This discretionary grant program was authorized to provide alternative fuels infrastructure grants to eligible entities through two separate grant categories:
1. Community Charging and Fueling Program Grants: Goal is to strategically deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure located on public roads or in other publicly accessible locations.
2. Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants (Corridor Program): Goal is to strategically deploy charging and alternative fueling infrastructure located along designated alternative fuel corridors.
Learn more in the grant alert (PDF).
The program provides competitive grants to support planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation, personal conveyance, micro-mobility users, motorists, and commercial vehicle operators. The program provides funding to develop the tools to help strengthen a community’s approach to roadway safety and save lives and is designed to meet the needs of diverse local, Tribal, and regional communities that differ dramatically in size, location, and experience administering Federal funding.
Learn more in the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Alert (PDF).
This discretionary grant program will directly advance the goal of building a national network of EV chargers for all Americans by supporting EV charging reliability, resiliency, equity, and workforce development. Enhancing and expanding EV infrastructure nationwide will also indirectly contribute to the goal of having 50% of all new light-duty vehicle sales be electric by 2030. Through this grant program funding will be provided for:
- Electric vehicle (EV) charging resiliency planning for continuity of operations and services for all EV users
- Equitable business model development and deployment for EV charging
- Workforce development that supports EV charging
- Increased industrial capacity, competition, and redundancy for validation testing and certification in the United States of Alternating Current (AC) Level 2 and/or Direct Current (DC) fast chargers
- Assessing performance and reliability of DC fast charging stations.
See the Ride and Drive Electic Grant Program Alert (PDF) for more details.
The Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program (WCPP) is a competitive grant program with the goal of reducing Wildlife Vehicle Collisions while improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species. The WCPP provides funding for construction and non-construction projects.
Learn more in the WCPP grant alert (PDF).
This discretionary grant program seeks research projects to address priorities in the following areas: the cost-effective deployment of EV charging for those without easy home charging options; innovative solutions to improve mobility options for underserved communities; community engagement to accelerate clean transportation options in underserved communities; batteries and electrification; materials technologies; mobility system supporting public transportation; advanced vehicle charging solutions, dimethyl ether engine for off-road applications, hydrogen combustion engines, to improve fuel economy and reduce GHG emissions with the goals of carbon pollution free electricity by 2035 and net-zero of GHG emissions by 2050.
See the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Program Wide Funding Opportunity Grant Alert (PDF) for more details.
This discretionary pilot program provided grants to fund financial, technical, and legal assistance to states and rural and tribal communities to help them evaluate and develop projects that qualify for federal funding and financing programs.
See Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program (PDF) for more details.
This discretionary grant program was authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the purpose of soliciting applications for three funding opportunities:
- National Infrastructure Project Assistance grants program (Mega)
- the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highways Projects grants program (INFRA)
- Rural Surface Transportation Grant program (Rural)
See Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant: INFRA, Mega & Rural Grant Programs (PDF) for more details.
The SMART grant program from US DOT aimed to provide grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities to improve transportation efficiency and safety.
The program funded projects that are focused on using technology interventions to solve real-world challenges and build data and technology capacity and expertise in the public sector.
See the SMART Grant Alert (PDF) for more details.
The TCP provides grant funding to ensure that disadvantaged communities have the technical tools and organizational capacity to comprehensively plan for and deliver quality infrastructure projects and community development projects that enable their communities and neighborhoods to thrive. The TCP will provide technical assistance, planning and capacity building support to advance transportation and community revitalization.
See the Thriving Communities Program Grant Alert (PDF) for details.
This discretionary grant program was authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the purpose of deploying, installing and operating advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity and infrastructure return on investment.
See the ATTAIN Grant Alert (PDF) for more details.
The program provides discretionary grants to advance innovative, integrated, and multimodal solutions for congestion relief in the most congested metropolitan areas. The goals of the Program are to reduce highway congestion, reduce economic and environmental costs associated with that congestion, including transportation emissions, and optimize existing highway capacity and usage of highway and transit systems.
See the CRP Grant Alert (PDF) for details.
Funds for the INFRA, Mega, and Rural funding opportunities provide Federal financial assistance to highway and bridge, intercity passenger rail, railway-highway grade and separation, wildlife crossing, public transportation, marine highway, and freight and multimodal projects, or groups of such projects, of national or regional significance, as well as to projects to improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas.
See the Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant alert (PDF) for more details.
The program provides discretionary grants to eligible entities to plan, design, and construct eligible projects that provide safe and connected active transportation infrastructure in an active transportation network or active transportation spine.
The Notice of Funding opportunity provides for two different grant categories: (1) Planning and Design Grants and (2) Construction Grants.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
See the ATIIP Grant Alert (PDF) for details.
The SMART grant program aims to provide grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities to improve transportation efficiency and safety.
The program funds projects that are focused on using technology interventions to solve real-world challenges and build data and technology capacity and expertise in the public sector.
See the SMART Grant Alert (PDF) for details.
This discretionary grant program is intended to advance community-centered transportation connection projects, with a priority for projects that benefit disadvantaged communities, that improve access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, nature, and recreation, and foster equitable development and restoration, and to provide technical assistance to further these goals.
See Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program grant alert (PDF) for more details.
The discretionary grant program seeks to create less pollution by reducing the levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions, including concrete (and cement), glass, asphalt mix, and steel. The program has four key goals:
1. Increase the use of lower carbon materials and products that are used in projects
2. Facilitate the use of low carbon transportation materials while ensuring appropriateness for use in projects
3. Promote technology transfer and enhance workforce development to increase the adoption of environmental quantification techniques used in decision making by transportation agencies
4. Encourage eligible recipients to begin LCTM activities and build successful low carbon transportation material identification frameworks.
Learn more in the grant alert (PDF).
The goals of Large Bridge Investment Program were to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges; to improve the condition of bridges in the United States; and to provide financial assistance that leverages and encourages non-federal contributions from sponsors and stakeholders involved in the planning, design, and construction of eligible projects over $100 million.
Learn more in this grant alert (PDF).
Previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, the BUILD discretionary grant program was authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for investments in surface transportation that will have a significant local or regional impact. Selected projects will plan for or construct surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve safety, environmental sustainability, quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism, state of good repair, partnership and collaboration, and innovation.
Learn more in the BUILD grant alert (PDF).
Resources
Links and helpful information foridentifying and applying for various types of federal grants:
Federal Grant Guide for Local Applicants (PDF) Updated November 2025
A guide created to provide overall direction and consistency for high-quality, competitive IIJA grant proposals, defining key steps and relevant roles and responsibilities in the grant development process.
The USDOT Navigator web page is a resource that spotlights technical assistance and explains how to apply for grants, plan for, and deliver transformative infrastructure projects and services.
USDOT: Federal Transportation Funding: Competitive Grant Preparation Checklist for Prospective Applicants
The Federal Transportation Funding Competitive Grant Preparation Checklist helps prospective applicants understand key steps—from coordination and funding readiness to federal requirements—to strategically position their projects for successful DOT grant opportunities.
A valuable planning, business intelligence, analytics, and technical resource highlighting PennDOT's various planning tools, resources, and partners.
Educate. Update. Engage. The State Transportation Commission and the Transportation Advisory Committee partner with PennDOT to help you understand and get involved in the transportation planning and programming process through this great resource.