On February 17, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Listed below is a brief summary of allocations for South Carolina. Further information on ARRA can be found on the Federal Highway Administration website by clicking here.
Bridges & Highways
South Carolina was allocated $463M for bridges and highways.
The Commission approved the expenditure of funds in the following project categories as follows (to view in chart form, click here: Commission Chart (14kb PDF)
- $150M in resurfacing projects, to be divided among the 46 counties based on the number of eligible roads in each county
- $56M for bridge replacement projects
- $19M for safety improvement projects
- $74M for interstate maintenance projects
- $14M for enhancement projects, to be divided evenly among the seven engineering districts for sidewalk projects
- $150M for local projects, $44M to be used on projects selected by the Transportation Management Areas (as required by law) and $106M to be divided equally among Congressional Districts
Project lists are posted further below on this page.
Transit
SC was also allocated approximately $41M for transit, of which approximately $25M is allocated directly to urban areas of the state. Expenditures for the remaining $16M must be used for capital purposes only.
The Commission approved the expenditure of transit funds in the following categories:
- $8M in mass transit funds for rural facilities
- $6.7M for rural vehicle replacements
- $1.8M for a rural virtual transit enterprise (vehicle locator services)
Transit projects are listed in the comprehensive list below.
Project Lists
Comprehensive List of Highway and Transit Projects
The link below contains a comprehensive list of highway and transit projects approved for funding by the SCDOT Commission through its June Commission meeting, with the exception of enhancement projects (sidewalks) which are listed separately below.
Comprehensive List (1765kb PDF)
Enhancement Projects (Sidewalks)
The Commission approved a $14 million sidewalk program to address a requirement for 3% of Economic Recovery funds to be allocated to transportation enhancement activities. Guidelines adopted for the project are shown in the first link below, followed by links that show what projects have been approved in each engineering district.
Sidewalk Program (44kb PDF)
Sidewalk Project Locations are below:
District 1 (10kb PDF)
District 2 (10kb PDF)
District 3 (9kb PDF)
District 4 (10kb PDF)
District 5 (10kb PDF)
District 6 (9kb PDF)
District 7 (11kb PDF)
Certification Documents
1201 Certification (53kb PDF)
1511 Certification (856kb PDF)
1607 Certification (48kb PDF)
Reporting Requirements
Reporting Requirements (35kb PDF)
Initial ARRA Project Plan (3-31-09) (35kb PDF)
SCDOT Transit Capital Investment (6-18-09) (107kb XLS)
SCDOT Highway Infrastructure Investment (6-18-09) (166kb XLS)
FHWA-1587 (4-10-09) (11kb PDF)
FHWA-1585 (4-10-09) (11kb PDF)
Public Comment
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