Feds announce millions in rural transportation grants ahead of billions more infrastructure dollars coming to Alaska.
on four Alaska projects selected for funding under the legislation that will channel more than half a billion dollars into the state in the coming years.
• $70,172 in two grants for the Craig Tribal Association to pay for new bus shelters and commission a public transit expansion plan to Prince of Wales Island residents. • $1,172,153 for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe to expand bus service for tribal members across a fixed route on the central Kenai Peninsula.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a statement. “Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’ll soon be able to provide Tribes additional funding to meet the unique transit needs of their residents.”
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