Surface Transportation Block Grant Program — CFDA 20.287

STBG obligations at $4.68 billion

USAspending.gov records $4,677,191,390.66 in obligations under CFDA 20.287. Four thousand five hundred fifty-five awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $1.03 million per award — smaller than typical statewide capital grants and consistent with many project-level actions posted to state recipients. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical construction-contract price.

The assistance-listing title is SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. CFDA 20.287 is the identifier. Other highway listings, if tagged under other CFDA numbers, are not included in the $4.68 billion.

USAspending.gov records the $4,677,191,390.66 obligation stock for CFDA 20.287 together with 4,555 awards, 51 recipients, and 51 states. Keep STBG on 20.287 when quoting these four facts. Outlays remain a separate column.

Fifty-one recipients, thousands of award rows

Fifty-one recipients share 4,555 awards, or about 89.3 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $4.68 billion evenly would assign about $91.7 million per recipient. State transportation agencies are the unit this kind of listing usually names; the packet does not list the 51.

Fifty-one states in the geographic count matches the recipient count. Place-of-performance on 51 cells reports nationwide state coding on this extract. Dollar amounts by place are on the program table. Many award rows per state is the density story.

Award count is not a project-mile count

Among highway listings, 20.287 is dense relative to its recipient set: 4,555 rows against 51 organizations. Project-level and modification actions can inflate award count. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of miles improved.” Recipients (51) are the organizational headcount.

The packet does not report lane-miles, bridge ratings, or letting schedules. Citing 4,555 as miles or projects would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus highway cash

The $4.68 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against STBG awards — are not in the packet. A state DOT can show a large obligation stock while construction draws follow a different calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Use CFDA 20.287 to size this Surface Transportation Block Grant listing. Do not use it as a construction schedule. This page reports the obligation book tagged 20.287.

What the 20.287 tables omit

The STBG hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a mile inventory, not a bridge log, and not a letting calendar. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $4,677,191,390.66.

Place-of-performance on 51 states is a coding field. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already spent on pavement.

Where the STBG table lives

The Surface Transportation Block Grant Program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 20.287 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups. For 20.287 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 20.287’s 4,555 awards spread $4,677,191,390.66 across 51 recipients and 51 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 89.3 award records per recipient is the density story. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards. The four-fact citation for CFDA 20.287 is the obligation stock on this extract, together with the award, recipient, and state counts already named above. Do not convert those figures into outlays, and do not treat award count as a service census. Start on the program page for CFDA 20.287 before ranking this listing against other assistance rows. Obligations remain the reporting concept on this extract; outlays are not stored in the packet facts. Award count is a record count; recipient count is the organizational headcount; the state figure is a coded-jurisdiction count from USAspending.gov. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the obligation stock; this page does not publish remaining balances. Internal links on this overlay point to the program page, the all-programs index, and agency rollups. SpendingVault indexes USAspending.gov assistance awards; it does not convert this CFDA into a performance scorecard. If a number you expected is missing, the usual cause is a different reporting concept than obligations on assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for the Surface Transportation Block Grant?

USAspending.gov records $4,677,191,390.66 in obligations for CFDA 20.287. SpendingVault indexes 4,555 awards, 51 recipients, and 51 states. The figure is an obligation sum, not an outlay and not a mile count. CFDA 20.287’s $4.68 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 20.287 carry?

The listing shows 4,555 awards against 51 recipients, or about 89.3 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $1.03 million per award. Award count is not a lane-mile or project count. USAspending.gov assistance awards on SpendingVault are the source for this obligation stock.

How many recipients appear on CFDA 20.287?

The extract lists 51 recipients, matching the 51-state geographic count. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 20.287. The packet does not name the 51 or publish letting schedules. Recipient count is the organizational headcount. USAspending.gov assistance awards on SpendingVault are the source for this obligation stock.

Is $4.68 billion already spent on surface transportation?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 20.287’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn or miles completed. The $4.68 billion on 4,555 awards is the obligation figure. USAspending.gov assistance awards on SpendingVault are the source for this obligation stock.