Recipient of federal assistance · PROVIDENCE, RI

RHODE ISLAND DOT

RHODE ISLAND DOT received $450.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 468 actions, −48% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $3.3B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($429.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$450.5M
New awards
191
Actions
468
Since FY2021
$3.3B
UEI
WP5ENJ8E8K84
Parent organization
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Location
PROVIDENCE, RI
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. 459.3MFY2021
  2. 498.3MFY2022
  3. 466.5MFY2023
  4. 527.8MFY2024
  5. 871.5MFY2025
  6. 450.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$450.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$236.8M53%
  2. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$39.8M8.8%
  3. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$32.1M7.1%
  4. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$30.8M6.8%
  5. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$25M5.6%
  6. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$17M3.8%
  7. 20.937 · National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega Projects)$12.5M2.8%
  8. 20.277 · National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure$9.7M2.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$429.6M95%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Transit Administration$12M2.7%
    Department of Transportation
  3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$8.9M2.0%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE I-95 VIADUCT NORTHBOUND, PROVIDENCE - GARVEE FUNDS :::: PROJECT…$60.5M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 16, 2022 – Apr 1, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001RI0578005
  2. PROJECT TITLE: DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE US RTE 6/RTE 10 INTERCHANGE, PROVIDENCE - GARVEE FUNDS :::: PROJECT…$49.1M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 31, 2022 – May 5, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001RI610X001
  3. PROJECT TITLE: STATEWIDE BRIDGE INSPECTION SERVICES :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: STATEWIDE BRIDGE INSPECTION SERVICES - ON CALL BRIDGE…$34.7M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Mar 22, 2023 – Apr 15, 2026· 693JJ22330000Y001RINBIS024
  4. PURPOSE:THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ADD A TOTAL OF $6358000 OF CMAQ FUNDS TO PAY FOR COMMUTER RAIL OPERATIONS ON THE NEC. THESE ARE FY…$27M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 25, 2022 – Mar 20, 2026· RI-2022-007
  5. PROJECT TITLE: STATEWIDE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS - TURNING THE TIDE PROTECT GRANT :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEPLOYING NATURE-BASED…$26M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Sep 8, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026· 693JJ22540033YP62RIPR0T005PROT
  6. PROJECT TITLE: DESIGN-BUILD OF BRIDGE GROUP 18C_R - FRENCHTOWN, EAST GREENWICH & NORTH KINGSTOWN :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DESIGN-BUILD OF…$23.1M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· May 7, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001RI018C001

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: $12.2M (249 subawards)

60 sub-recipients

  1. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$1.8M15%
    NORTH SCITUATE, RI · 9 subawards
  2. CITY OF PROVIDENCE$1.7M14%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward
  3. BIKE NEWPORT$1.6M13%
    NEWPORT, RI · 2 subawards
  4. RHODE ISLAND POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, INC.$1.4M12%
    JAMESTOWN, RI · 7 subawards
  5. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$619.3K5.1%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 2 subawards
  6. INTERSTATE NAVIGATION COMPANY, THE$600K4.9%
    NEW LONDON, CT · 1 subaward
  7. CITY OF WARWICK$372.7K3.1%
    WARWICK, RI · 6 subawards
  8. TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TOWN HALL$358.1K2.9%
    WAKEFIELD, RI · 7 subawards
  9. CITY OF CRANSTON$252.6K2.1%
    CRANSTON, RI · 6 subawards
  10. MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING$246.2K2.0%
    IRVING, TX · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $16.6K paid out · $494.1K received
  • FY2022: $5.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $5.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $26.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $12.2M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.