DOT Awards $118M in Commercial Vehicle Transportation Grants
3 National Grant Awards Include $43.8M to Thwart CDL Fraud
Key Takeaways:
- The fiscal year 2025 annual grants, all administered by FMCSA, are allocated through a process under which states compete for funds.
- The states receiving the most High Priority-CMV funds were North Carolina ($5.79 million), Alabama ($5.78 million) and Iowa ($4.41 million).
- Those awarded the highest HP-Innovative Technology Deployment grants were the Wyoming State Highway Patrol and the Indiana State Police, which both received $2 million.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced for three national programs designed to improve commercial vehicle safety.
The fiscal year 2025 annual grants, all administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, are allocated through a process under which states compete for funds. The largest amount in this round — totaling $71.6 million — was dedicated to so-called “High Priority” grants for commercial motor vehicles and innovative technology deployment. These HP-CMV and HP-ITD grants provide states with money to improve commercial motor vehicle safety and associated technology.
were North Carolina ($5.79 million), Alabama ($5.78 million) and Iowa ($4.41 million).
Those awarded the highest HP-ITD grants were the Wyoming State Highway Patrol and the Indiana State Police, which both received $2 million. Other large grants went to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol ($1.82 million), the Maryland DOT/State Highway Administration ($1.75 million) and Montana DOT ($1.64 million).
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Another $43.8 million in grants were awarded in Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation funds to combat fraud in driver licensing. State agencies to receive the most were Mississippi ($10 million), South Carolina ($3.11 million), North Carolina ($1.99 million), Arkansas ($1.83 million) and Alaska ($1.73 million).
About $3.4 million in Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training grants for current and past U.S. Armed Forces members and their families to receive CDL training were also awarded.
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“Under President Trump’s leadership, our department’s No. 1 mission is to ensure that every American gets home safely,” Duffy said recently. “We’re backing aggressive enforcement and empowering states to keep unqualified, unvetted drivers off the road, investing in state-of-the-art technology to make our roads safer, and taking care of veterans interested in a career in trucking.”
FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs added, “These grants are about giving our partners the tools they need to be effective. Whether it’s deploying smart technology to identify unsafe vehicles, auditing CDL programs to prevent fraud, every dollar is focused on raising the bar for safety and ensuring only qualified drivers and compliant vehicles are on our roads.”
