Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBIA, SC

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION received $1.3B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 1,343 actions, −7.3% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $6.8B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($1.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.3B
New awards
455
Actions
1,343
Since FY2021
$6.8B
UEI
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Parent organization
SC SECRETARY OF STATE S OFFICE
Location
COLUMBIA, SC
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. 877.8MFY2021
  2. 1.2BFY2022
  3. 1.1BFY2023
  4. 1BFY2024
  5. 1.4BFY2025
  6. 1.3BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.3B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$583.6M46%
  2. 20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects$192.4M15%
  3. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$152.2M12%
  4. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$147.3M12%
  5. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$55.8M4.4%
  6. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$28.9M2.3%
  7. 20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program$19.6M1.5%
  8. 20.265 · Carbon Reduction Program$16.9M1.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$1.2B98%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Transit Administration$23.9M1.9%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$1M0.1%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: I-95 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT AND BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS AT I-95 OVER SC 46 & GA STATE LINE TO US 278 :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION…$492.3M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Aug 4, 2025 – Sep 8, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001SC2764170
  2. PROJECT TITLE: DESIGN BUILD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT I-95 NB & SB OVER LAKE MARION :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DESIGN BUILD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT I-95…$149.3M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 8, 2025 – Sep 4, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001SCP041130
  3. PROJECT TITLE: I-20/I-26/I-126 - CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-20/I-26 INTERCHANGE AND THE CORRIDOR ALONG I-26 FROM US…$149M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Aug 23, 2022 – Sep 14, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001SCP027662
  4. PROJECT TITLE: DESIGN BUILD INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT OF THE I-526 LONG POINT/WANDO PORT :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DESIGN BUILD INTERCHANGE…$141.6M
    20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y465SCP041314
  5. I-20/I-26 RECONSTRUCTION & WIDENING$137.5M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Mar 16, 2021 – Aug 12, 2026· 45P027662Z001
  6. PROJECT TITLE: I-85 (NEAR MM 77 TO NEAR MM 80) & I-85 (GOSSETT RD (S-57) TO NC STATE LINE) - GOSSETT RD (S-57) TO SC 18 :::: PROJECT…$83.1M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jun 15, 2022 – Sep 16, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001SC8888860

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $162.9M (37 subawards)

1 prime

  1. ADJUTANT GENERAL SOUTH CAROLINA$162.9M100%
    WEST COLUMBIA, SC · 37 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.1M paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2022: $47.2M paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2023: $36.7M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $38.8M paid out · $33.2K received
  • FY2025: $7.4M paid out · $159.8K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $162.9M 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.