$1.01 Billion Road-Safety Grant Package Includes 10 Truck Parking Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $1,012,969,919 through the 2026 Safe Streets and Roads for All program, with truck parking included among the funded safety priorities. The Federal Highway Administration announced October 30 that the package covers 297 projects across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Tribal lands. USDOT's award summary says 10 projects will help address the national truck-parking shortage.

The full package is not a billion-dollar truck-parking allocation. Official program data divides the awards into 197 Planning and Demonstration Grants totaling about $329.3 million and 100 Implementation Grants totaling about $683.7 million. Projects also cover hazardous intersections, railroad crossings, post-crash care and other roadway-safety work. A planning award may study a need or test a strategy rather than immediately build parking spaces.

FHWA highlighted a $5.2 million Fort Collins, Colorado, project that combines improvements along a 2.5-mile section of Shields Street, stronger post-crash-care capabilities and a study of the I-25 parking shortage. That example shows why carriers should review each grant's scope before estimating new capacity. The announcement does not provide a single total for new truck spaces or a universal opening date.

Drivers should continue using legal parking and trip-planning tools instead of counting on announced projects during current routes. Fleets can track state and local project schedules, identify recurring parking gaps from driver reports and adjust dispatch plans around hours-of-service limits. Communities and carriers can also participate when a funded planning process requests local input. The awards are a meaningful infrastructure step, but new capacity depends on each project's design, procurement, construction and completion schedule.