Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) announced that $500 million will be made available through the seventh round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program, which funds capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure.

State and local governments, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and other political subdivisions of state or local governments are invited to apply for TIGER grants.  Highway and bridge projects, public transportation projects, passenger and freight transportation projects, port infrastructure investments, and intermodal projects are among project types eligible to receive funding. 

In order to be considered for the program, applicants must submit a pre-application by May 4, 2015.  Final applications are due June 5, 2015.