Transformative Projects
Transformative Projects
Innovative Capital Stacks: Ballot Measures for Local Infrastructure Investment
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Central Ohio; Nashville, TN; and Maricopa County, AZ for their use of ballot authorized revenue streams to supplement costs for infrastructure projects when federal funds do not cover the entire costs of needed investments or are contingent on matching dollars from non-federal sources.
Funding Technology Driven Innovations in Transportation Safety Through the BIL in Chattanooga
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Chattanooga, Tennessee for their Stage 1 SMART grant in which they will pilot Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) solutions to improve transportation efficiency and safety along two major corridors in Downtown Chattanooga, to showcase how local governments can partner with the private and public sector, including universities, to advance innovation and road safety.
Building Resilience for Kalamazoo’s Transportation Network
The Local Infrastructure Hub is once again highlighting Kalamazoo, Michigan for their continued success in effectively leveraging the BIL and braiding together various funding sources to realize the City’s master plan. Kalamazoo’s recent PROTECT award is being utilized to upgrade stormwater infrastructure enhancing the resiliency of their surface transportation assets and promoting future development.
Bridge Sustainability in NW Philadelphia
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and their recent PROTECT award to illustrate how local governments can strategically approach project implementation and effectively integrate community engagement principles to maximize local impact. Read more to learn how Philadelphia is rehabilitating two bridges critical to the local transportation network.
Investing in the Gold Star Memorial Bridge
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting the State of Connecticut’s partnership with the cities of New London and Groton for their Gold Star Memorial Bridge Project, funded through the Bridge Investment Program (BIP), to illustrate how local governments can work with their state offices to access federal funding for bridge development projects to help improve economic mobility and climate advancements.
Community-City Partnerships for Climate Justice
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Tucson, Arizona’s partnership with Amistades, Inc. for their Justicia Juntos project, funded through the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program, to illustrate how local governments can work with their community organizations to access federal funding for equity-based community infrastructure and climate projects.
Reconnecting Kalamazoo
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Downtown Revitalization project, which will convert former state highway routes that run through the downtown, and accompanying one-way streets, into all two-way complete streets, reconnecting the city’s predominantly Black neighborhoods with Downtown Kalamazoo and creating a more bike and pedestrian friendly transportation network.
Charging & Fueling Infrastructure: A Regional Approach
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting the Southeast to Southwest Ohio Responsive Interregional Deployment of Electrification Solutions (RIDES) Community Project because it shows how CFI grants can be used for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and regional collaboration development.
Safe Streets for All
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Tampa, Florida’s implementation of their Vision Zero Action Plan, with funding from the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, to illustrate how cities across the country can use program funding.
Innovative Climate Financing
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Denver, Colorado’s Climate Protection Fund to show how Direct Pay can be used alongside existing revenue streams to enable greater investments in climate action and sustainability projects.
Fleet Electrification
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Madison, Wisconsin’s municipal fleet electrification and how Direct Pay provisions can support localities in their efforts to advance sustainability and climate action projects.
Municipally-Led Fiber Deployment
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Waterloo, Iowa’s Municipally-Led Fiber Deployment because it demonstrates how local governments can utilize municipal bonds and federal funds to close the digital divide by providing fast and affordable internet services while keeping the generated revenue in the community.
Market Driven Fiber Deployment
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Mesa, Arizona’s Market Driven Fiber Deployment because it shows how local governments and internet service providers (ISPs) can leverage their strengths to partner and deploy fiber in an efficient and cost effective way while meeting the needs of the community.
Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Hoboken, New Jersey’s ResilienCity Park project because it shows how BRIC grants can be used to invest in multipurpose infrastructure, incorporating resilience for extreme weather events and public amenities for daily functional use.
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity
The Local Infrastructure Hub is highlighting Lincoln, Nebraska’s Multimodal Transit Transfer Center (MTTC) project because it demonstrates how RAISE grants can be used to invest in complex transportation projects. This case story shows how persistence and thoughtful community engagement play a role in advancing a transformative infrastructure project.