US Transportation Secretary Buttigieg awards $25M for road improvements in Sacramento County
(FOX40.COM) — United States Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that a road improvement project in Sacramento County will receive nearly half its funding through a grant from the federal government.
Through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program, Sacramento County will receive $25 million for the Grant Line Road Safety Improvement Project, which seeks to provide critical safety improvements and more "multimodal transportation" options along Grant Line Road.
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The total cost of the first phase of the Grant Line project is $55.5 million, and Sacramento County said the rest of the funding will come from the Sacramento Transportation Authority, another grant from the California Transportation Committee, and Measure A .
Sacramento County and the City of Rancho Cordova will also contribute money to the project as well, officials added.
"After decades of underinvestment, the condition of America's infrastructure is now finally getting better instead of worse, and today we proudly announce our support for 148 more projects in communities of every size across the country," Buttigieg said .
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He continued, "Through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we're funding projects across the country to make roads safer, make it easier for people to move around their community, make transportation infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather, and improve supply chains to keep costs down for consumers."
In total, $1.8 billion in federal funds were granted to nearly 150 projects across the United States. According to the Department of Transportation, almost $13 billion worth of RAISE funds were requested.
Grant Line Road begins slightly east of Rancho Cordova and extends southwest into Elk Grove.
