Hays able to piggyback on new focus of federal BUILD grant

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently reviewed 851 applications for requested funding of more than $10 billion through Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Grants.

Just 91 awards were made; the city of Hays was one of those.

“This is a pretty significant thing for the city of Hays,” Assistant City Manager Jacob Wood said during Thursday night’s city commission meeting.

The BUILD grant used to be called the TIGER grant. Wood noted the federal program also shifted parameters, which likely became an advantage for Hays.

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