Recipient of federal assistance · ATLANTA, GA

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $2.2B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 4,072 actions, +12% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $12.4B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($2.1B).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.2B
New awards
1,171
Actions
4,072
Since FY2021
$12.4B
UEI
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Location
ATLANTA, GA
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. 1.9BFY2021
  2. 2.1BFY2022
  3. 2.1BFY2023
  4. 2.1BFY2024
  5. 2BFY2025
  6. 2.2BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.2B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$1B46%
  2. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$505.9M23%
  3. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$216.2M9.7%
  4. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$62.2M2.8%
  5. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$51.4M2.3%
  6. 20.278 · National Highway Freight Program (NHFP)$48.4M2.2%
  7. 20.268 · Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)$45.9M2.1%
  8. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$42.8M1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$2.1B94%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$68.7M3.1%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Transit Administration$52.7M2.4%
    Department of Transportation
  4. Federal Railroad Administration$8.5M0.4%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: SR 404 SPUR @ TALMADGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, PE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: SR 404 SPUR @ TALMADGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, PE$240.5M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 9, 2023 – Sep 1, 2026· 693JJ22330000Y001GA0019219
  2. PROJECT TITLE: I-285 FM PACES FERRY TO HENDERSON MILL;INC SR 400-EXPRESS LN, PE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-285 FM PACES FERRY TO HENDERSON…$184.4M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jun 6, 2022 – Jul 17, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001GA0001758
  3. PROJECT TITLE: MMIP PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT, PE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: MMIP PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT, PE$170.8M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 26, 2022 – Mar 6, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001GA0015569
  4. PROJECT TITLE: I-285 @ I-20 WEST SIDE INTERCHANGE RECONSTRUCTION & WIDENING, UTL :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-285 @ I-20 WEST SIDE…$137.4M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 21, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· 693JJ22330000Y001GA0013918
  5. PROJECT TITLE: I-285 FROM CS 843/COLLIER DRIVE TO CR 2838/PACES FERRY ROAD, PE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-285 FROM CS 843/COLLIER DRIVE TO…$136.5M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 22, 2024 – Sep 1, 2026· 693JJ22430000Y001GA0018193
  6. PROJECT TITLE: I-75 @ CR 312/BETHLEHEM ROAD, PE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-75 @ CR 312/BETHLEHEM ROAD, PE$125.8M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jun 3, 2022 – Apr 24, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001GA0017182

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: $261.7M (253 subawards)

123 sub-recipients

  1. THE ATLANTA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY$44.8M17%
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards
  2. HENRY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS & REVENUES$27.6M11%
    MCDONOUGH, GA · 6 subawards
  3. MACON BIBB COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY$9.9M3.8%
    MACON, GA · 5 subawards
  4. CITY OF SOUTH FULTON$9M3.5%
    SOUTH FULTON, GA · 6 subawards
  5. CITY OF NEWNAN$8M3.1%
    NEWNAN, GA · 3 subawards
  6. CITY OF TUCKER$7.2M2.8%
    TUCKER, GA · 1 subaward
  7. CITY OF ATLANTA$6.9M2.6%
    ATLANTA, GA · 7 subawards
  8. CITY OF GRIFFIN$5.7M2.2%
    GRIFFIN, GA · 1 subaward
  9. COUNTY OF COBB$5.4M2.1%
    MARIETTA, GA · 2 subawards
  10. BULLOCH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS$5.3M2.0%
    STATESBORO, GA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $22M (3 subawards)

1 prime

  1. GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY$22M100%
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $201.7M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2022: $460.8M paid out · $521.9K received
  • FY2023: $277.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $296.8M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2025: $288.6M paid out · $51.4M received
  • FY2026: $261.7M paid out · $22M 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.