Outreach Programs

BUILD Grants - Rural, Planning

STEP UP Alabama: Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian in Undeserved Communities Program in Alabama

Auburn University

Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Dallas, Greene, Macon, Marengo, and Pike Counties, Alabama

Grant Funding: $1,303,972

Estimated Total Project Costs: $1,303,972

Description: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact. The eligibility requirements of BUILD allow project sponsors, including state and local governments, counties, Tribal governments, transit agencies, and port authorities, to pursue multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to fund through other grant programs. 

The BUILD program, previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants, was established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and operated under annual appropriations acts until authorized in November 2021.