BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $32,648,856 to the state of North Dakota for Coronavirus (COVID—19) response and relief efforts. Below is the listing of federal funding apportioned through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act:

 

  • Rural Area Apportionments (Sections 5311 and 5340) -  $17,996,449
  • Urbanized Area Apportionments (Section 5307) - $15,075,108
  • Fargo - $7,936,636
  • Bismarck - $3,766,362
  • Grand Forks - $3,372,110
  • Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Formula Apportionments (Section 5311(c)) - $986,307
  • Standing Rock Public Transportation - $426,059
  • Spirit Lake Tribe - $369,016
  • Turtle Mtn. Nutrition & Support Services & Trenton Indian Service Area Aging Program & Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian - $191,232

 

The FTA investment comes as part of a $25 billion nation-wide federal funding allocation to the transit industry following President Trump’s signing of the CARES Act, a bill crafted in the Senate which Senator Cramer helped pass. The total available amount for each program is based on funding appropriated under the Act. The CARES Act directs FTA to allocate funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus through the existing Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program, Rural Area Formula Grants Program, and the Tribal Transit Formula Grants Program. 

 

For more information, please visit our COVID-19 webpage here.