The United States Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the availability of $500 million in grants under the seventh round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. Funds for the FY 2015 TIGER program will be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a “significant impact on the nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.” This grant program is highly competitive. Last year, the Department of Transportation received 797 grant applications totaling $9 billion for a program last year that had $600 million. Since 2009, Administration officials claim that the TIGER program has provided over $790 million to 117 projects in rural areas across the United States.
