(Washington D.C) – The United States Department of Transportation announced twenty one million dollars in grant awards to fund 84 projects nationally through the Federal Highway Administrations Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fun.
Locally the Rock Boy’s Reservation will receive a little over $1.3 Million dollars for Route 6 Fence Removal and Install Project. The Fort Belknap (Bell-Nap) Indian Community was awarded almost $600,000 dollars in grants for a variety of projects.
“The grants we’re announcing today will help tribes develop transportation safety plans, install proven safety countermeasures that can reduce crashes in rural areas, and improve and analyze safety data to prevent these kinds of crashes from occurring in the future” said FHWA Administrator Sean McMaster.
