East Coast Greenway | 2023 Federal Funding Success
2024: East Coast Greenway projects again receive $70+ million in federal RAISE funding
To support transformative projects, enhance sustainable infrastructure and connect communities along the East Coast Greenway route, the East Coast Greenway Alliance aided state and local partners in securing more than $70 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s RAISE Discretionary Grant program for the second consecutive year.
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2023: East Coast Greenway projects boosted by record $70+ million in federal RAISE funding
Backed by the support of the nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance, a record of more than $70 million in federal funding from the United States Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program has recently been awarded to projects along the East Coast Greenway, a developing 3,000-mile bicycle and pedestrian route stretching from Maine to Florida.
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2022: Record $50 million in federal RAISE funding to East Coast Greenway projects
Backed by the support of the nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance, a record $50 million in federal funding from the United States Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program was awarded to projects along the East Coast Greenway, a developing 3,000-mile bicycle and pedestrian route stretching from Maine to Florida.
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Greenway staff supported $150 million in federal RAISE grant applications
Working alongside state and local partners, the East Coast Greenway Alliance recently supported the submission of 14 grant applications totaling $150 million in requested funding for Greenway projects through the United States Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program.
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$100 million invested in Greenway development in 2020
Thanks to funding from a number of sources, including federal, state and local governments, $100 million, across 13 states, was invested in continued development of the East Coast Greenway in 2020.
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Record funding accelerates Greenway growth at close of decade
Funding to develop the East Coast Greenway hit a growth spurt in 2019 with nearly $200 million awarded for planning, design and construction of segments from Maine to Florida. Leading the investments are two U.S. Department of Transportation BUILD grants: $18.1 million to Charleston, South Carolina, for a bike-pedestrian bridge over the Ashley River and $22 million to Miami-Dade County, Florida, and the Underline towards design and construction of a 10-mile multimodal and recreation corridor beneath the elevated Miami Metrorail.
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Charleston lands $18M to build bike-walk bridge over Ashley River
Years of outreach, advocacy and hard work by Charleston, South Carolina, bicycle-pedestrian advocates and the East Coast Greenway Alliance paid off with the November 6, 2019 announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the city an $18.1 million BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) grant to add a stand-alone bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing the Ashley River.
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Trip to DC highlights BUILD portfolio
Three days of meetings in Washington D.C. recently capped the East Coast Greenway Alliance’s efforts to secure BUILD grant investments from the U.S. Department of Transportation for Greenway projects from Massachusetts to Florida. Eleven partnerships from seven states submitted BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) grant proposals this past July to plan, design, and/or build more than 200 miles of Greenway. Totalling more than $135 million in requests, the portfolio of proposals creates an unprecedented opportunity to develop the East Coast Greenway, especially in rural communities.
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Big vision: $135 million Greenway BUILD grants submitted to DOT
The recent submission of 11 BUILD grant applications to the U.S. Department of Transportation creates an unprecedented opportunity to develop the East Coast Greenway, especially in rural communities.
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