Recipient of federal assistance · TRENTON, NJ

TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF

TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF received $1.8B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 3,163 actions, +7.8% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $9.2B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($1.8B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.8B
New awards
818
Actions
3,163
Since FY2021
$9.2B
UEI
ML8GCTH8C975
Location
TRENTON, NJ
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. 1BFY2021
  2. 1.3BFY2022
  3. 1.8BFY2023
  4. 1.5BFY2024
  5. 1.7BFY2025
  6. 1.8BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.8B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$567.8M31%
  2. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$559.7M31%
  3. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$330.1M18%
  4. 20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$108.7M6.0%
  5. 20.277 · National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure$66.7M3.7%
  6. 20.278 · National Highway Freight Program (NHFP)$36.3M2.0%
  7. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$28.1M1.5%
  8. 20.268 · Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)$25.3M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$1.8B99%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$11.6M0.6%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Federal Transit Administration$2M0.1%
    Department of Transportation
  4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1.3M0.1%
    Department of the Interior
  5. Federal Aviation Administration$370.8K0.0%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: ROUTE 1 NB BRIDGE OVER RARITAN RIVER, MP 27.36-28.53, NEW BRUNSWICK, EDISON TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, BRIDGE…$161.9M
    20.263 · Bridge Formula Program· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y116NJ0001367
  2. PROJECT TITLE: ROUTE 23, ROUTE 80, ROUTE 46 INTERCHANGE,VARIOUS MPS, WAYNE TOWNSHIP, FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, PASSAIC COUNTY-MOBILITY & SAFETY…$141M
    20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Apr 16, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y001NJ0023349
  3. PROJECT TITLE: RT. 295/42/I-76 DIRECT CONNECT-CONTRACT 3 MP 26.28-27.63, BELLMAWR BORO, CAMDEN CTY-RAMP/BRIDGE UPGRADES/GEOMETRY/REDUCTION…$137.2M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 15, 2022 – Jul 1, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001NJ0295320
  4. PROJECT TITLE: ROUTE 4 HACKENSACK RIVER BRIDGE, MP 5.69-6.22, HACKENSACK CITY, TEANECK TWP, BERGEN COUNTY, -BRIDGE REPLACEMENT-CONSTRUCTION…$109.4M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 23, 2025 – Jul 29, 2026· 693JJ22530000Y001NJ0004336
  5. PROJECT TITLE: RT 23, BRIDGE OVER PEQUANNOCK RIVER/HAMBURG TPK MP:16.61-17.22, WEST MILFORD TWP, BOROS OF KINNELON&BUTLER, PASSAIC&MORRIS…$92.3M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 14, 2023 – Jul 1, 2026· 693JJ22330000Y113NJ0023332
  6. PROJECT TITLE: RT 287, RT 202 TO RAMAPO RIVER, MP 47.1 TO 58.4, BERGEN, MORRIS & PASSAIC COUNTIES, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION- CONSTRUCTION…$90M
    20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 693JJ22630000Y240NJ0287375

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: $10.4M (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$9.2M89%
    TRENTON, NJ · 1 subaward
  2. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW JERSEY$1.2M11%
    TRENTON, NJ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $231.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $99.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $72.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $87.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $25.8M paid out · $9.7M received
  • FY2026: $10.4M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.