Arizona, Georgia, Maine, Missouri, Oregon and Virginia each will receive up to $1 million in federal dollars to reduce traffic jams near construction zones.
Managed by the Federal Highway Administration, the Highways for Life program allocates grant money to the states to build roads faster, while making them last longer and less costly to maintain. These states are the first round of 2007 recipients, with more to be announced in coming months.
The first grants are:
