U.S. Department of Transportation Awards PNWER Second Grant to Drive Infrastructure Investment in Five-State Region

Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Regional Infrastructure Accelerator Will Build Capacity, Technical Assistance to Access Critical Infrastructure Funds Across Five-State Region. This funding to BSPRA, as a sub-recipient, will go towards small parcel delivery and first-/last-mile analysis with more details forthcoming.

"The PNWER RIA will use the grant funding to deliver value in all five PNWER states; Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. In collaboration with its strategic partners across the five-state region, the PNWER RIA will provide capacity-building technical assistance and expertise to increase infrastructure funding and financing literacy and competitiveness. The PNWER RIA’s strategic partners will receive funding as sub-recipients of the award; those partners include: Alaska Municipal League (AML), AK; Big Sky Passenger Rail (BSPRA), MT; Valley Regional Transit (VRT), ID; Local Highway Technical Assistance Councill (LHTAC), ID. " Read more.