WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced that it has released $979.01 million to South Carolina in Fiscal Year 2023 apportionments for 12 formula programs to support investment in critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges and tunnels, carbon emission reduction, and safety improvements utilizing funding from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funds go directly to South Carolina, providing transportation leaders within South Carolina the flexibility to continue the important work of rebuilding roads and bridges and making their transportation system more efficient reflecting their state’s particular needs.
“America’s roads and bridges are the vital arteries of our transportation system, connecting people and goods across the country,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Because of [this] Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, today we are sending historic levels of funding to every state to help modernize the roads and bridges Americans rely on every day.”
| SOUTH CAROLINA | |
| National Highway Performance Program | $509,502,362 |
| Surface Transportation Block Grant | $247,866,014 |
| Highway Safety Improvement Program | $53,021,135 |
| Railway-Highway Crossings Program | $4,752,794 |
| Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Program | $14,558,680 |
| Metropolitan Planning | $4,238,405 |
| National Highway Freight Program | $23,687,281 |
| Carbon Reduction Program | $22,101,386 |
| PROTECT Formula Program | $25,130,860 |
| National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program | $14,909,387 |
| Bridge Formula Program | $59,244,248 |
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes the single largest dedicated investment since the construction of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s and 1960s to help address tens of thousands of bridges in need of repair or replacement. In Fiscal Year 2023, South Carolina will receive a total of $59.24 million in Bridge Formula funding to address highway bridge needs. The funding is available to improve the condition of about 475 bridges in poor condition and to preserve and improve about 4,855 bridges in fair condition in the state, that are at risk of falling into poor condition.
Nationwide, $59.9 billion in Fiscal Year 2023 formula funding was sent to States, representing an increase of $15.4 billion as compared to Fiscal Year 2021, the last fiscal year before the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law began to be implemented. This Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding is distributed annually by FHWA based on Congressionally mandated formulas.
“These historic investments in American infrastructure give States the flexibility they need to determine how to allocate funds in order to replace deficient bridges, improve safety for all road users, and reduce carbon emissions by improving transportation infrastructure for communities throughout each state,” said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Stephanie Pollack.