The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a RAISE grant of $4,872,791 for the Cervantes Street Complete Streets Improvements project in Pensacola. This project will fund project development, environmental clearance, and preliminary engineering to redesign approximately 3.5-miles of SR 10A (US 90) Cervantes Street from North W Street/North V Street to the Bayou Texar Bridge.
- The design will include Complete Street enhancements for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit, and motor vehicles, as well as lane elimination, speed management measures, tree coverage, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) components.
- The project will prioritize improving the safety and environmental health of the community by reducing vehicle speeds in areas of high crash and injury rates and designing non-motorized transportation options that will also improve community connectivity and public health.
The competitive and popular RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) program, which was authorized $1.5 billion a year on top of already appropriated funds thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, supports a diverse slate of communities with projects of local and regional significance.
Funding is split equally between urban and rural areas, and a large percentage of grants support regions defined as historically disadvantaged or areas of persistent poverty. The eligibility requirements of RAISE 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.
RAISE discretionary grants invest in critical freight and passenger transportation infrastructure projects that would otherwise not receive the funding needed if not for President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The Pensacola grant is among the four grants, totaling $53.6 million, that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced this morning.