Congressionally Directed Spending Requests FY 2023
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Project Name: Improvements to I-90 Interchange in Brandon
Recipient Name: South Dakota Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: This project will reconstruct the interchange at Brandon to accommodate freight movement and continued population growth while improving safety.
Project Location (city/county, state): Brandon/Minnehaha County, SD
Amount Requested: $32,500,0000
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Project Name: Improvements on South Dakota Highway 34
Recipient Name: South Dakota Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: This project will resurface the roadway, add passing lanes, and add turn lanes at various locations along SD 34 from near Whitewood, through St. Onge, to near Belle Fourche, improving safety, reliability, and freight handling.
Project Location (city/county, state): Whitewood-St. Onge-Belle Fourche/Lawrence, SD
Amount Requested: $8,300,000
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Project Name: Improvements in Sioux Falls near the Benson Road Interchange
Recipient Name: South Dakota Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: This project will reconstruct the Benson Road interchange and intersecting roadway at I-229, improving the reliability of the interchange to better serve the Sioux Falls industrial park and adjacent areas.
Project Location (city/county, state): Sioux Falls/Minnehaha County, SD
Amount Requested: $31,000,000
Requested by John Thune, South Dakota
Financial certification letter
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