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Eight state DOT projects receive federal grants to explore alternative Highway Trust Fund revenue

Updated Sep 3, 2016

highway-traffic-generic-2The Federal Highway Administration announced eight projects that have been awarded a combined $14.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to investigate “alternative revenue mechanisms” as means of sustaining the Highway Trust Fund.

Last year’s Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the STSFA. The program is designed to fund projects that “test the design, implementation and acceptance of user-based” non-traditional funding methods.

“We’re thinking ahead about ways to fund our highway system and be equipped for the nation’s economic future,” says Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau. “It’s a system people rely upon for their jobs and essential services, for businesses to serve their customers and for freight shippers to deliver their goods.”

Projects receiving grants include: