As part of its continuing focus on rural transportation, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation is launching a new initiative that aims to provide more information to rural areas about DOT infrastructure funds for which they could qualify.
The new effort, dubbed ROUTES, for Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success, doesn’t create any new types of DOT grants or increase funds for existing programs. But it seeks to spread the word in rural areas about the availability of current types of DOT infrastructure aid.