Assistance program
Appalachian Development Highway System
$574.5 Million committed in FY2024–FY2026
- Agency
- Appalachian Regional Commission, Appalachian Regional Commission
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 23.003
- What it does
- To provide a highway system which, in conjunction with other federally-aided highways, will open up areas with development potential within Appalachia where commerce and communication have been inhibited by lack of adequate access.
- Who benefits
- States
- Who applies
- State governments only are eligible for development highways within their Appalachian portions.
- Authorized by
- Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, Section 201, Public Law 89-4, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 14501.
- Program site
- http://www.arc.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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