National Infrastructure Project Assistance (MEGA Projects) — CFDA 20.937

MEGA project obligations at $620.9M

USAspending.gov records $620,893,847.24 in obligations under CFDA 20.937. Eight awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $77.61 million per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical construction invoice and not a cost per mile.

The assistance-listing title is NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ASSISTANCE (MEGA PROJECTS). CFDA 20.937 is the identifier. Other DOT highway, INFRA, or RAISE listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $620.9M. Combining those codes would invent a combined infrastructure total this packet does not contain.

7 recipients on 8 award rows

Seven recipients share 8 awards, or about 1.14 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $620,893,847.24 evenly would assign about $88.70 million per recipient. That density is a mega-project fingerprint: a short list of named organizations carrying very large assistance rows. The packet does not list the 7. Recipient count is the organizational headcount on the federal extract, not a census of DOTs or contractors.

Seven states in the geographic count matches the recipient headcount. MEGA dollars follow selected-project geography as coded, not a 50-state equal share. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Eight awards are not a project-completion census

Among DOT infrastructure listings, 20.937 is an extreme low-row file: 8 awards against 7 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of mega projects” and a worse proxy for miles constructed. Recipients (7) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (8) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report lane-miles, ridership, or completion dates. Citing 8 as finished projects would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states. Eight awards at about $77.61 million each is mega-project architecture, not a statewide highway formula.

Obligations versus MEGA outlays

The $620.9M is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against National Infrastructure Project Assistance awards — are not in the packet. A construction file can show a large obligation stock while draws follow a multi-year calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 20.937 to size this MEGA Projects listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a highway formula, INFRA, or transit-capital dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 20.937.

What the 20.937 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a construction schedule, not a DOT directory, and not a mileage inventory. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $620,893,847.24. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 8 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 7 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as a national infrastructure total. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to grantees.

MEGA Projects’ 7-state map and 7-recipient headcount together describe a handful of large infrastructure rows, not a highway formula. A researcher comparing 20.937 with INFRA or RAISE codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The $620.9M stock is the USAspending obligation book for this listing only.

Where the 20.937 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 20.937 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other DOT listings. For 20.937 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 20.937’s 8 awards spread $620,893,847.24 across 7 recipients and 7 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About $77.61 million per award is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Lane-miles, ridership, and completion dates live in other DOT series. Those rows are outside $620,893,847.24 unless they share CFDA 20.937. Quote 8 as assistance records, 7 as organizational payees, and 7 as the geographic count.

Questions

How much is obligated for MEGA infrastructure projects?

USAspending.gov records $620.9M in obligations for CFDA 20.937. SpendingVault indexes 8 awards, 7 recipients, and 7 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a mileage count. CFDA 20.937’s $620,893,847.24 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 20.937 carry?

The listing shows 8 awards against 7 recipients, or about 1.14 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $77.61 million per award. Award count is not a count of finished projects or miles. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 20.937 awards?

The extract lists 7 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 20.937, not a census of state DOTs or contractors. Geographic coding covers 7 states. The packet does not name the 7 or publish a project roster. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.

Is $620.9M already paid for MEGA projects?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 20.937’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or miles built. The $620,893,847.24 on 8 awards is the obligation figure. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.