Graves announces $24.9 million BUILD Grant for Highway 54 project

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced that the Highway 54 Shared Four-Lane Project has received a nearly $25 million BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) grant.

The $24.892 million grant will widen an approximately 14-mile segment of US Route 54 from a two-lane roadway to a shared four-lane configuration (alternating passing lane) between Farber and Curryville, Mo. The project also includes improvements at the intersection of US Route 54 and MO 154 and utility relocations.

“Securing this BUILD Grant is a huge step forward on a project that has been in the works for many years,” Graves said in a press release. “These improvements on Highway 54 will ensure that folks traveling this corridor are more easily and safely able to get to their destination. Congratulations to A Better 54 Coalition, Audrain and Pike Counties, the Mark Twain Council of Governments and all the folks who have worked tirelessly for many years to see this project come to fruition. I’m grateful to President Trump and Secretary Duffy for awarding this funding and working with me to make major infrastructure improvements in rural North Missouri.”

Graves previously secured a $10 million TIGER Grant in 2015 to help replace the Champ Clark Bridge on Highway 54 between Louisiana, Mo., and Pike County, Ill.