A major road that ends in Bucks County will soon see upgrades that will make driving on it much safer for all travelers.

President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $78 million to the City of Philadelphia for the Roosevelt Boulevard Multimodal Project in City of Philadelphia  as part of nearly $1.2 billion in funding made available from the new National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) discretionary grant program.

“From the Hoover Dam to the Golden Gate Bridge, some infrastructure projects are so large and complex that they defy traditional funding systems—and so significant that they become iconic parts of the American landscape,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. 

“After receiving over one hundred applications, we are proud to fund these nine infrastructure megaprojects across the country to create jobs, strengthen our supply chains, expand our economy, and renew America’s built landscape.”

The Roosevelt Boulevard Multimodal Project was one of nine nationally significant projects selected for this first year of the Mega Grant program.

The project will make improvements along approximately 12.3 miles of Roosevelt Boulevard, from North Broad Street to the Bucks County line. Improvements include traffic signal upgrades, reconfiguring intersections and roadways, constructing median barriers and pedestrian refuge islands, corridor access management improvements, and complete streets improvements to address accessibility, and improve pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. 

The Mega grant program, created by President Biden’s historic infrastructure law, funds projects that are too large or complex for traditional funding programs. Eligible projects include highway, bridge, freight, port, passenger rail, and public transportation projects that are a part of one of the other project types.

Applications were evaluated based on several criteria, including safety, ability to return transportation infrastructure to a state of good repair, economic benefits like the creation of quality jobs, and supply chain resiliency, environmental sustainability and climate resiliency, equity, and innovation. The Department also evaluated applications based on project readiness and cost-effectiveness.

Additionally, thanks to a new, streamlined application process, applicants for the Mega program were also able to use the same application for two additional grant programs: the Rural Surface Transportation Grant program (Rural) and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America program (INFRA). The Department announced INFRA and Rural awards in September and December of 2022, respectively.

Learn more about the grants and updates at the U.S. Department of Transportation.