Recipient of federal assistance · RALEIGH, NC

TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT

TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT received $4.5B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 2,741 actions, +123% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $12.8B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($4.5B).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.5B
New awards
968
Actions
2,741
Since FY2021
$12.8B
UEI
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Location
RALEIGH, NC
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. 1.3BFY2021
  2. 1.8BFY2022
  3. 1.7BFY2023
  4. 1.5BFY2024
  5. 2BFY2025
  6. 4.5BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.5B100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$2.5B56%
  2. 20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program$900.8M20%
  3. 20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$286.8M6.4%
  4. 20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$245.6M5.5%
  5. 20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$113.3M2.5%
  6. 20.937 · National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega Projects)$110M2.5%
  7. 20.277 · National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure$95.9M2.1%
  8. 20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (Protect)$32.4M0.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$4.5B100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: CM/GC - 2024 HURRICANE HELENE - PERMANENT REPAIRS TO I-40 IN HAYWOOD COUNTY :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION…$1.3B
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· May 22, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· 693JJ22540000ER05NCER24381
  2. PROJECT TITLE: I-26 FR NC 146 (LONG SHOALS RD) @ EXIT 37 TO I-40 :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-26 FR NC 146 (LONG SHOALS RD) @ EXIT 37 TO…$250.5M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jun 23, 2022 – Jun 25, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001NC0261199
  3. PROJECT TITLE: PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD - 2024 HURRICANE HELENE - PERMANENT REPAIRS TO US 19 WEST IN YANCEY COUNTY - NORTHERN SECTION…$244.2M
    20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Nov 14, 2025 – Aug 6, 2026· 693JJ22640000ER05NCER24384
  4. PROJECT TITLE: RALEIGH-I-440 (CLIFF BENSON BELTLINE) SR 1313 (WALNUT ST) SR 1728 (WADE AVE) :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RALEIGH-I-440 (CLIFF…$224.9M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jun 6, 2022 – Aug 31, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001NC0440010
  5. PROJECT TITLE: NEW ROUTE - FORSYTH COUNTY :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: NORTHERN BOUND EASTERN SECTION (FUTURE I-74) FROM I-40 BUS/US 421…$221.5M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Highway Administration· Formula grant· Jun 15, 2022 – Aug 12, 2026· 693JJ22230000Y001NC0040114
  6. PROJECT TITLE: PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD - 2024 HURRICANE HELENE - PERMANENT REPAIRS TO US 19 WEST IN YANCEY COUNTY - SOUTHERN SECTION…$174.5M
    20.271 · Emergency Relief (ER) Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Nov 14, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026· 693JJ22640000ER05NCER24385

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: $17.5M (47 subawards)

31 sub-recipients

  1. TOWN OF BOONE TOWN HALL$2.5M14%
    BOONE, NC · 1 subaward
  2. TOWN OF CORNELIUS$2M11%
    CORNELIUS, NC · 1 subaward
  3. CITY OF GREENVILLE$1.9M11%
    GREENVILLE, NC · 1 subaward
  4. TOWN OF MOORESVILLE$1.3M7.6%
    MOORESVILLE, NC · 3 subawards
  5. TOWN OF INDIAN TRAIL$1.2M6.9%
    INDIAN TRAIL, NC · 2 subawards
  6. CITY OF CHARLOTTE$1.1M6.3%
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 2 subawards
  7. CITY OF GREENSBORO$848.3K4.8%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 4 subawards
  8. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM$791.5K4.5%
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 3 subawards
  9. CITY OF BREVARD$790.9K4.5%
    BREVARD, NC · 1 subaward
  10. TOWN OF DAVIDSON$771K4.4%
    DAVIDSON, NC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $342.6M (274 subawards)

1 prime

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC$342.6M100%
    RALEIGH, NC · 274 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $74M paid out · $91.6M received
  • FY2022: $28.9M paid out · $28.3M received
  • FY2023: $53.2M paid out · $25.7M received
  • FY2024: $32.5M paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2025: $29.9M paid out · $287.9M received
  • FY2026: $17.5M paid out · $342.6M 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.