Nebraska DOR Announces Availability of Additional $40M in Funding

The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) announces more than $40 million of additional funds are available to meet transportation needs across the state in the next three years. When states do not fully utilize their federal funds in a given year, the Federal Highway Administration traditionally makes those funds available every August to other states which have spent their federal funds.

This year, NDOR received an additional $19 million which will be used on highway preservation. According to NDOR Director Kyle Schneweis, because the NDOR focuses on project delivery and carefully monitors fund balances, the Department has never lost funds to other states through this redistribution process. More than $21 million of repurposed earmarked funds is now available to NDOR to use to address current transportation needs.

These funds are made available through the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2016. “We’re very pleased to be able to use funds today which are left over from completed projects or were unusable,” says Schneweis. “I appreciate Congress releasing these funds. It’s the common sense thing to do.”

To see a list of which roads will receive the funds, click here.