The INFRA program provides dedicated, discretionary funding for projects that address critical issues facing our nation’s highways and bridges. The INFRA program provides Federal financial assistance to highway and freight projects of national or regional significance. The program seeks to accomplish four key objectives: (1) Supporting economic vitality at the national and regional level; (2) Leveraging Federal funding to attract other, non-Federal sources of infrastructure investment, as well as accounting for the life-cycle costs of the project; (3) Using innovative approaches to improve safety and expedite project delivery; and (4) Holding grant recipients accountable for their performance and achieving specific, measurable outcomes identified by grant applicants. The Department is committed to its top priority of reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the surface transportation system. The USDOT will require projects that receive INFRA awards to consider and effectively respond to data-driven transportation safety concerns. Eligible projects include highway freight projects, highway and bridge projects, railway-highway grade crossing projects, and freight projects that are rail or intermodal.

Eligible applicants include states or groups of states; metropolitan planning districts serving areas where more than 200,000 people reside; units of local government’ special purpose districts with a transportation function; federal land management agencies; multijurisdictional groups of public entities. When multiple jurisdictions submit joint applications, one entity must be the lead applicant.