MONROE COUNTY, MI — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces more than $4.2 billion in funding from the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda through two major discretionary grant programs, the National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) grant program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program, both of which have historic levels of funding due to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
In this round of selections for the Mega program, the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $1.68 billion into 11 projects that will generate national and regional economic, mobility, and safety benefits while creating U.S. jobs and lowering costs for consumers.
Additionally, in this round of selections for the INFRA program — for which funding was increased more than 50 percent by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $2.58 billion into 36 projects that will improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people in and across rural and urban communities.
In Michigan, the INFRA program will provide $196 million to the Michigan Department of Transportation for the River Raisin Bridge and Interstate 75 Revitalization project in Monroe County, Michigan. The project will replace the deteriorating River Raisin Bridge along I-75 with a new crossing to accommodate estimated future traffic, update and replace six existing structures — including two bridges over class I railroad lines — with new ones designed for a 100-year lifespan, and reconstruct over 2 miles of roadway to improve safety and the efficiency of freight movement along this vital U.S.-Canada trade corridor. The I-75 River Raisin Bridge serves as a vital connection point between Detroit and Toledo and currently serves approximately 61,000 vehicles daily, with 25 percent being truck traffic.
A total of 44 projects were selected in this round of funding, including projects that improve safety, mobility, and economic competitiveness, constructing major bridges, expanding port capacity, redesigning interchanges, and more. Three projects received awards from both programs, following through on the department’s commitment to invest in non-traditional, multimodal projects that have been challenging to fully fund with limited resources in the past.
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"Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Biden-Harris Administration is carrying out ambitious, complex transportation projects that will shape our country’s infrastructure for generations to come,” Buttigieg said. “With this latest round of awards, dozens of major and much-needed projects — projects that are often difficult to fund through other means — are getting the long-awaited investments they need to move forward.”
Since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, nearly $12.8 billion in funding through the INFRA and Mega programs has been announced for 140 projects across 42 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, including approximately:
- 35 large bridge projects
- 18 large port projects
- 20 rail projects
- 85 highway improvement projects
Approximately 53 percent of projects that have received funding to date are in rural communities, and about 42 percent of projects are located in disadvantaged communities, delivering on Biden’s Justice40 commitment.
