Competition remains intense for the Dept. of Transportation's TIGER grants, which help fund road, rail and other projects deemed to have major regional or national impacts.
DOT reported on April 5 that it had received 703 applications, totaling $10.2 billion, for the 2012 round of its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program—far more than the $500 million it has to award. Applications flowed in from every state, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.