The U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) recently awarded the first grants under the new Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) program to five transportation projects. The grants total $5 million.
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act created the program, and it is funded through the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. The program is designed to accelerate project delivery using a variety of ways including preliminary engineering and design work, studies and analysis, and project planning.