Recipient of federal assistance · DENVER, CO

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $1.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 4,811 actions, −3.4% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $5.7B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($996.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.1B
New awards
789
Actions
4,811
Since FY2021
$5.7B
UEI
M95NMB9MJKF7
Parent organization
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO
Location
DENVER, CO
State and local governments
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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. 897.5MFY2021
  2. 888.4MFY2022
  3. 974.2MFY2023
  4. 815.9MFY2024
  5. 1.1BFY2025
  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$439.9M42%
  2. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$119M11%
  3. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$113.5M11%
  4. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$65.8M6.2%
  5. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$54M5.1%
  6. 20.938 · Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program$50.2M4.8%
  7. 20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects$29.2M2.8%
  8. 20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program$25M2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$996.1M94%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Transit Administration$44.2M4.2%
    Department of Transportation
  3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$15.3M1.4%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: I-70 FLOYD HILL PACKAGE 4 CENT SECTION :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-70 FLOYD HILL PACKAGE 4 CENT SECTION-I-70 TOP OF FLOYD…$83.3M
    20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Apr 2, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· 693JJ22540000Y430CO0703517
  2. I25; SOUTH OF 402 TO NORTH OF SH14-INTERSTATE RECONSTRUCTION$79.6M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Mar 7, 2024 – Dec 17, 2025· 080253255Z001
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: SPEND CRRSSA FUNDS TO SUPPORT TRANSIT PROVIDERS RESPONSE TO COVID19; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: OPERATING AND PROGRAM…$77.7M
    20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 11, 2021 – Jan 30, 2026· CO-2021-034
  4. PROJECT TITLE: US 160 ELMORES CRNR TO DRY CREEK :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: US 160 ELMORES CRNR TO DRY CREEK-US 160 ELMORES CRNR TO DRY CREEK…$58.9M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Dec 23, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· 693JJ22540000Y463CO1602157
  5. PROJECT TITLE: I-70 FLOYD HILL PACKAGE 2 WEST SECTION :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-70 FLOYD HILL PACKAGE 2 WEST SECTION-I-70 TOP OF FLOYD…$58.7M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 26, 2024 – Jun 29, 2026· 693JJ22430000Y800CO0703515
  6. PROJECT TITLE: GLENWOOD SPRINGS SOUTH BRIDGE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: GLENWOOD SPRINGS SOUTH BRIDGE-CITY OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS-NEW ROADWAY…$49.7M
    20.938 · Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Jun 5, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 693JJ22640011YP04COM535016RURL

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: $219M (331 subawards)

144 sub-recipients

  1. E-470 PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY$51.2M23%
    AURORA, CO · 2 subawards
  2. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT$35.7M16%
    DENVER, CO · 10 subawards
  3. ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP, INC.$7.5M3.4%
    THORNTON, CO · 9 subawards
  4. COLORADO COMMERCIAL APPRAISAL GROUP INC$7.5M3.4%
    CENTENNIAL, CO · 2 subawards
  5. STOLFUS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.$6.1M2.8%
    GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 6 subawards
  6. STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.$5.9M2.7%
    DENVER, CO · 2 subawards
  7. ANGEL MEDINA$5.5M2.5%
    UTUADO, PR · 3 subawards
  8. VIA MOBILITY SERVICES$4.5M2.0%
    BOULDER, CO · 12 subawards
  9. CITY OF FORT COLLINS$4.1M1.9%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 11 subawards
  10. VOLKERT, INC$3.6M1.6%
    MOBILE, AL · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.9B paid out · $803M received
  • FY2022: $359M paid out · $28.8M received
  • FY2023: $406.5M paid out · $61.3M received
  • FY2024: $201.2M paid out · $18.7M received
  • FY2025: $297.1M paid out · $23.8M received
  • FY2026: $219M 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.