Pennsylvania Awarded $142 Million in Federal Funding for Eastern Pittsburgh Multimodal Corridor Project

In a recent press release, awards were announced for the National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) grant program. The Mega program, which was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and provides $5 billion in funding through 2026, is focused on projects that are uniquely large, complex and difficult to fund under traditional grant programs. Eleven different projects were awarded funding that will generate national and regional economic, mobility and safety benefits.

In Pennsylvania, the Eastern Pittsburgh Multimodal Corridor Project was awarded $142 million. The project will make multimodal improvements in the I-376 (Parkway East) corridor of Pittsburgh. The project will include resiliency improvements and reduce costly recurring maintenance by addressing a flood-prone area known as the “Bathtub” segment and landslides that often force emergency road closures. The project will also improve traffic management through dynamic lane use, dynamic speed limits, wrong-way vehicle detection and queue warning systems that are expected to reduce the higher-than-average crashes on the Parkway East.

Find more information about the combined MPDG funding opportunity and Mega, INFRA, and Rural programs on the U.S. Department of Transportation MPDG program web page. The next anticipated application period is expected to open in mid-2024.