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The County of Tooele, Utah, will receive $8.3 million for the Ibapah Road Safety and Rehabilitation Project in Utah.

Construction will include a new access road, a multiuse path and portions of new parking lots and other beach facilities that are better able to withstand extreme weather events. The award will initiate the first phase of a larger project in partnership with the National Park Service and Assateague Island National Seashore that will allow for the relocation of the existing public recreational beach to a more stable part of the island. Fish and Wildlife Service will receive $17.7 million to begin improvements of Multimodal Beach Access at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. The project includes construction and completion of the entire Ecusta Rail Trail, an 18.8-mile shared-use path on an abandoned railroad route that will connect the county seats of Henderson and Transylvania Counties in Western North Carolina to Pisgah National Forest.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation will receive $21.4 million to construct the Ecusta Rail Trail between the City of Hendersonville and the City of Brevard, which will connect the statewide bike route system with Pisgah National Forest and the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville.

The project includes the purchase of 30 new buses, including 10 new battery electric buses and 20 new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to replace the current aging fleet and installation of charging infrastructure to support the electric buses.

The National Park Service will receive $27.5 million for the Grand Canyon National Park Shuttle Bus Fleet Replacement project in Arizona.

The grant recipients announced today are as follows:

“From the Grand Canyon in Arizona to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia, these projects will help address the climate crisis and make a huge difference in the safety and quality of life for surrounding communities and hundreds of thousands of visitors to our nation’s Federal parks and wildlife refuges.” “FHWA is proud to award these grants that will help make travel safer and provide more enjoyable access to key destinations that support local residents, business and visitors,” said Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt. “With today’s announcement, we’re making it easier for Americans to access some of our greatest natural wonders, and improving road safety in Tribal communities, which face some of the highest rates of traffic deaths in the nation.” “Under President Biden’s leadership, we are delivering infrastructure improvements on Federal and Tribal lands that communities have needed for decades,” said U.S. These grants are part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to grow the American economy from the bottom up and middle-out - from rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom powered by good-paying jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, to building a clean-energy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more resilient. FHWA also announced applications are open for the next round of funding through this program.

The grants, announced at an event at the Grand Canyon National Park, recognize transportation projects of national significance that serve Federal and Tribal lands. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $130.5 million in federal grants for seven projects under FHWA’s Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Projects Program. GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.- The U.S.