
Port Eligible IIJA Programs
Program Formula or Competitive
Funding (5 years,
unless noted)
Description Criteria Federal Share Agency
Port State Partners
Notes
Reduction of Truck Emissions
at Port Facilities
Study technology and strategies to reduce idling
truck emissions at ports and fund projects to
reduce truck emissions, including electrification
Awards are intended to test, evaluation,
and deploy projects that reduce port-
related emissions
New program, on hold
pending a full-year budget. No
specific recipients identified.
On hold
pending a
full-year
budget
Infrastructure for Rebuilding
America (INFRA) also
Nationally Significant
Multimodal Freight and
Highway Program (NSMFHP)
Competitive $7.25 billion
For use on projects that improve freight
movement, including multimodal connections
with regional or national significance. Adds
wildlife crossings, surface transport
improvements functionally connected to an int'l
border crossing, projects on the National
Multimodal Freight Network, and marine
highway projects functionally connected to
national highway freight network as eligible
activities.
Eligible entity: States, MPO, unit of local
govt, political subdivision of a state of local
gov, special purpose district; Tribe,
multijurisdictions together. Adds
enhancement of freight resilience to
natural hazards or other disasters (high
winds, flooding, rockslides) as an additional
consideration when making grants. Criteria:
eval based on how projects address climate
change, environmental justice, and racial
equity
Federal share depends on
project type. NOFO
anticipated Q1 2022. $750 m
set aside for States, MPOs,
special purpose district, port
authorities with transport
function, local govt
Rebuilding American
Infrastructure with
Sustainability and Equity
(RAISE)
Supports surface transportation projects with
significant local or regional significance
Incl: surface transportation components of
certain eligible airport projects; replace or
rehab culverts;
$5 billion set aside for
multimodal projects
Consolidated Rail
Infrastructure and Safey
Improvements (CRISI)
Projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and
reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail.
wide range of freight and passenger rail
capital, safety technology deployment,
planning, environmental analyses, research,
workforce development and training.
Existing program. States,
group of states, Interstate
compact, political subdivision
of a state, Amtrack or other
rail providing intercity rail,
Class II/III railroads, Tribes,
TRB
Final
selections in
progress for
Spring 2022.
Railroad Crossing Elimination
Program
Dedicated funding to eliminate at-grade
railroad crossings (highway-rail or pathway-rail)
where there is a conflict with the community;
focus on improving the safety and mobility of
people and goods
Grade separation or closure, track
relocation, improvement or installation of
protective devices or measures to improve
safey, other means to improve safety.
Planning, environmental review, and design
of an eligible project type
NEW. States, political
subdivision of State, Tribe,
local government or group of
local govts, public port
authority, MPO, group of
above entities.
FY 22 funds
released in
Dec. 2021;
FY23
released Oct.
2022
Promoting Resilient
Operations for
Transformative, Efficient, Cost-
saving Transportation
(PROTECT) - Discretionary
Support planning, resilience improvements,
community resilience and evacuation routes,
and at-risk coastal infrastructure. Planning,
strengthen and protect evacuation routes,
increase resilience of surface transportation
infrastructure from the impacts of sea level rise,
flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events,
other natural disasters.
Eligible entities: State, MPO, local
government, special purpose district or
public authority with transportation
function, Tribe. Different eligibilities for at-
risk coastal infrasture grants. Highway,
transit, and certain port projects eligible
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
"certain port projects eligible" TBD
Advanced Transportation
Technologies & Innovative
Mobility Deployment
To deploy, install, and operate advanced
transportation technologies
Should improve safety, mobility, efficiency,
system performance, intermodal
connectivity, and infrastructure return on
investment
State or local government,
transit agency, MPO, or multi-
jurisdictional group
Strengthening Mobility and
Revolutionizing
Transportation (SMART)
Supports demonstration projects to improve
transportation efficiency and safety, including
innovative technological solutions for efficient
goods movement. Projects could include
autonomous or connected vehicles, intelligent
transportation systems, use of GPS data,
reduced emissions
State, political subdivision,
Tribe, public transit
agency/authority, public toll
authority, MPO, 2 or more
groups together.
National Culvert Removal,
Replacement, and Restoration
For the removal, replacement, and restoration
of culverts to address flow of water through
roads, bridges, railroad tracks, and trails
Priority to projects that: improve passage
for anadromous fish stocks listed as
threatened or endangered; those that
might become threatened, etc.; prey for
other endangered species (SRKW); stocks
identified as climate resilient.
State, unit of local
government, Tribe
Urbanized Area Passenger
Ferry Program
Passenger ferry capital projects in urbanized
areas
States, counties, cities, special districts,
Tribes
DOT
Yes Yes Yes
Spring 2022