Recipient of federal assistance · LITTLE ROCK, AR

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $1.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 1,976 actions, +41% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $5.5B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($1.1B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.1B
New awards
581
Actions
1,976
Since FY2021
$5.5B
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Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 625.5MFY2021
  2. 1.1BFY2022
  3. 880.9MFY2023
  4. 1BFY2024
  5. 812.3MFY2025
  6. 1.1BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.1B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$357.9M31%
  2. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$247.3M22%
  3. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$179.7M16%
  4. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$99.4M8.7%
  5. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$66.5M5.8%
  6. 20.264 · Bridge Investment Program$43.9M3.8%
  7. 20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (Protect)$33.5M2.9%
  8. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$25.5M2.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$1.1B96%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Transit Administration$34M3.0%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$6M0.5%
    Department of Transportation
  4. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$1M0.1%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: I-530 - HWY. 67 (WIDENING & RECONST.) (I-30 & I-40)(F) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: WIDENING & RECONSTRUCTION$341.6M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Feb 24, 2022 – Mar 23, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001AR0302268
  2. PROJECT TITLE: HWY. 181 - HWY. 158 (S) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RECONSTRUCTION; POLYMER OVERLAY ON 4 BRIDGES$81.3M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Dec 13, 2022 – May 7, 2026· 693JJ22330000Y001AR0551151
  3. PROJECT TITLE: HWY. 62 INTCHNG. IMPVTS. (FAYETTEVILLE) (F) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RECONFIGURE THE INTERCHANGE TO SPUI, INCLUDING MAJOR…$68.3M
    20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 28, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y001AR9142051
  4. PROJECT TITLE: I-49 - HWY. 265 (SPRINGDALE BYPASS) (S) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: NEW LOCATION$59M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y616AR0004088
  5. PROJECT TITLE: HWY. 22 - I-40 (ARKANSAS RIVER) P.E. :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PE AND ROW PURCHASE FOR NEW LOCATION OF FUTURE I-49.$57.8M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jan 13, 2025 – Sep 17, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001AR1765006
  6. PROJECT TITLE: I-40/I-55/HWY. 77 INTCHNG IMPVTS. (WEST MEMPHIS) (F) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: WIDENING AND INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS. MILL &…$53.4M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jan 17, 2023 – Sep 4, 2026· 693JJ22330000Y001AR9448045

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $26.3M (65 subawards)

13 sub-recipients

  1. CENTRAL ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$9.3M35%
    BENTON, AR · 5 subawards
  2. AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS, INC.$5.9M22%
    PINE BLUFF, AR · 7 subawards
  3. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.$4.3M16%
    DALLAS, TX · 7 subawards
  4. MID DELTA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$1.8M6.7%
    HELENA, AR · 10 subawards
  5. JEFFERSON PARTNERS LP$1.4M5.5%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 7 subawards
  6. EUREKA SPRINGS CITY TRANSIT$982.3K3.7%
    EUREKA SPRINGS, AR · 5 subawards
  7. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC$942.3K3.6%
    HARRISON, AR · 5 subawards
  8. ARKANSAS TRANSIT ASSOCIATION, INC$575.5K2.2%
    N LITTLE ROCK, AR · 3 subawards
  9. AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN ARKANSAS INC$487.7K1.9%
    FORT SMITH, AR · 6 subawards
  10. BLACK RIVER AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$273.5K1.0%
    POCAHONTAS, AR · 5 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $9.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $1.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $12.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $22.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $24.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $26.3M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.