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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 3, 2000
Contact: Jim Pinkelman
Tel.: 202-366-0660
FHWA 107-00
U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces $123 Million in Grants
for Surface Transportation Improvements
Providing Funds For Corridor and Border Infrastructure Projects
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced that
$123 million in Federal Highway Administration discretionary funds will
be provided to 32 states for 50 projects and to the General Services
Administration for four other projects as part of the National Corridor
Planning and Development and the Coordinated Border Infrastructure programs.
"These projects will provide jobs for hard-working Americans,
foster economic growth along these important corridors, and help move
people and goods across America and across our borders," President
Clinton said. "Investing wisely in transportation will improve
safety, increase efficiency and strengthen the economy."
These programs, informally known jointly as the Corridors and Borders
program, were provided for by the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (TEA-21), the landmark surface transportation law that
President Clinton signed on June 9, 1998. Both programs provide the
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) with the authority to allocate
dollars to states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPO). These
programs provided $123.6 million to states in fiscal year 1999 and $121.8
million in fiscal year 2000. They can provide up to $140 million each
year over the last two fiscal years (2002-2003) of TEA-21.
"These funds will contribute substantially to America's mobility
and productivity by providing safer and more efficient movement of people
and goods throughout the United States and by enhancing the flow of
commerce at key border points with our neighbors in Canada and Mexico,"
Secretary Slater said. "These projects also underscore our continuing
emphasis on safety, which is President Clinton and Vice President Gore's
highest transportation priority."
The corridors program funds projects in the 43 congressionally designated
high-priority corridors and other significant corridors based on factors
specified in TEA-21. The borders program is designed to improve border
transportation infrastructure and operations that facilitate the safe
movement of people and goods at or near the U.S.-Canada and the U.S.-Mexico
borders.
Criteria under which the department could fund applications include
reduction in travel time through a major international facility, potential
for improvements in border crossing vehicle safety and cargo security,
and the applicability of innovative techniques and technology to other
border crossing facilities.
Congress also identified some projects for funding under this program.
About 66 percent of the total funds awarded and 61 percent of the projects
funded for fiscal 2001 year are congressional earmarks. Based on the
department's criteria, many of the earmarked borders and corridors
projects would have been eligible for competitive grants. In addition,
the recently enacted DOT appropriations for fiscal year 2001 provided
direct funding for several projects that were also eligible for consideration
in the borders and corridors category.
The grants apply to highway, rail and intermodal projects and demonstrate
that states and localities are using multimodal solutions to transportation
challenges, ensuring that the U.S. transportation system can meet the
trade and transportation demands of the 21st century safely and efficiently.
In fiscal year 2001, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), an
agency of USDOT, received about 150 funding requests totaling about
$2 billion. This was about the same level as in fiscal year 2000 and
fiscal year 1999.
For additional information about the programs, including a map of high-priority
corridors, visit the FHWA website at www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep10/corbor/corbor.html.
The fiscal year 2001 National Corridor Planning and Development Program
and Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program grant recipients, by state,
project and total allocation, are listed below.
FY2001 Award Recipients
National Corridor Planning and Development and the
Coordinated Border Infrastructure programs
* indicates congressional earmark.
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State
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Project
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Award
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Alabama
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*US 43, Alabama
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$3,516,000
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Alabama
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*Anniston
Evacuation corridor, Calhoun County
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$2,637,000
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Alaska
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*Hatcher
Pass (phase 1)
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$1,758,000
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Arizona
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Infrastructure
improvements to property purchased for Commercial Vehicle Inspections
at the Nogales Port of Entry (POE).
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$750,000
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Arizona
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ITS-CVO processing
for international crossing system in Nogales POE.
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$800,000
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Arkansas
(with Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Texas)
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Environmental
and Location studies for future I-69 from Sarnia and Windsor,
Ontario Canada to Laredo and the Lower Rio Grande Valley (US/Mexico
Border)
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$5,000,000
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California
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Project development,
ROW acquisition and construction of grade separation projects
in the Alameda Corridor East from E. Los Angeles to Pomona along
UP/SP RR line
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$2,400,000
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California
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Preliminary
Engineering and design for realignment of I-5 and I-805 from San
Ysidro POE to Virginia Ave in San Diego metropolitan area
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$2,000,000
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California
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Environmental
study, design, and ROW acquisition along SR 905 Freewayto the
Otay Mesa Port of Entry
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$4,100,000
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California
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*Avalon Boulevard/405
Freeway Interchange, Carson
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$769,125
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Colorado
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*I-25 Corridor
from Alameda to Logan
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$3,516,000
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Connecticut
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Final design
phase for replacement of the I-95 Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge
in New Haven.
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$1,500,000
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Florida
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*Traffic
calming, Boca Raton
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$439,500
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Florida
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*US 19, Florida
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$8,790,000
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GSA
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At Sault
St. Marie POE, construction of a corridor for the separation of
commercial and non-commercial traffic at the approach to the port.
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$1,990,000
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GSA
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At Columbia,
Laredo POE construction of a 3rd lane for truck processing. Lane
will separate full and empty trucks prior to inspection.
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$308,000
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GSA
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At bridge
of the Americas, EL Paso POE, construct new headhouse and four
additional primary inspection lanes and booths.
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$1,500,000
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GSA
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At Pharr
POE construction of 25 inspection bays with canopy.
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$1,500,000
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Idaho
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*US 95 (Milepost
522 to Canadian border)
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$1,670,100
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Illinois
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*New Boston
Road improvements, Mercer County
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$2,637,000
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Illinois
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*I-74 bridge,
Moline
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$4,922,400
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Illinois
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*US 51 widening,
Decatur
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$1,186,650
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Illinois
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*Stevenson
expressway
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$3,340,200
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Illinois
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PE for Central
Ave. to Narragansett Ave. connector, a new 4-lane highway near
Midway Airport and the CSX Bedford Park intermodal yards in Cook
County
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$3,000,000
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Indiana
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*South Shore
industrial safety overpass, Indiana
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$4,175,250
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Indiana
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*I-65 Upgrade,
Clark County,
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$1,186,650
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Kentucky
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*Madison
County, KY 21 and I-75
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$879,000
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Kentucky
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*I-66, Somerset
to London
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$4,395,000
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Kentucky
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*US 25 improvements,
Kentucky
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$1,758,000
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Louisiana
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*I-69, Louisiana
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$2,021,700
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Massachusetts
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*Downtown
Fitchburg Route 12 extension
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$1,758,000
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Michigan
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Detroit-Windsor
International Bridge Study: Feasibility Study & Environmental
Clearance
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$3,000,000
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Missouri
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*US 61 (Avenue
of the Saints)
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$3,516,000
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New
Hampshire (with Maine and Vermont)
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*US Route
2
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$1,318,500
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New
York
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Design and
ROW acquisition for new freeway (future I-99) from PA border north
for 12 miles.
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$3,000,000
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New
York
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Installation
of canopy, inspection booths, signal and WIM at Ogdensburg-Prescott
Intl Crossing
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$300,000
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North
Carolina
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*US 321 and
US 74, Gasden and Mecklenburg County
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$439,500
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Ohio
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*City of
North Ridgeville, Lorain County, grade crossing
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$527,400
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Oregon
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*I-5 South
Medford interchange and Delta Park
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$879,000
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South
Dakota
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*I-29 Port
of Entry, Union County
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$1,758,000
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South
Dakota
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Construction
of Phase I of the Southeast Connector route in Rapid City, including
a new interchange at Elk Vale Road and SD-44 and four-lane reconstruction
of Elk Vale Rd from South of SD-44 north to near I-90.
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$3,000,000
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Texas
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Acquire ROW
for Border safety inspection facilities and related work (Laredo,
Eagle Pass, El Paso, Brownsville, Pharr-Reynosa, Los Indios-Lucia
Blanco)
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$1,400,000
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Texas
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*Radio Road
overpass, City of Sulpher Springs
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$1,186,650
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Texas
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*I-69 corridor
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$2,637,000
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Texas
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Reconstruction
of Mile 2 W in Hidalgo County
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$1,200,000
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Texas
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Improvement
Plan and related work for six POEs in El Paso area (including
part of New Mexico)
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$450,000
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Texas
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*I-35 corridor
expansion, Waco
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$1,164,675
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Utah
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Corridor
planning for I-15 in Utah County
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$400,000
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Virginia
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*Coalfields
expressway
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$3,516,000
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Virginia
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*Route 104
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$879,000
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Washington
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*US 395 North
Spokane corridor
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$879,000
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West
Virginia
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*Coalfields
expressway
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$8,790,000
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Wisconsin
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*WI 29 (Chippewa
Falls bypass)
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$2,637,000
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Wisconsin
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ROW acquisition,
construction of roadway and structures, widening and realignment
of US 10 between Fremont and US 45 including US 10/45 improvements
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$4,000,000
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Total Awards
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$123,081,300
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