Cherokee Nation receives $12.9M fed infrastructure grant for Mud Valley Road reconstruction project

Muskogee Phoenix Submitted by Cherokee Nation

July 11, 2023 TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation recently received a federal infrastructure grant worth more than $12.9 million for a reconstruction project on Mud Valley Road in Cherokee County.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration grant is part of President Biden’s overall $130.5 million bipartisan infrastructure law. The Cherokee Nation received one of seven awards under the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Projects Program.

“I am proud of the Cherokee Nation Department of Transportation and Infrastructure for seeking additional funding sources, including federal grant opportunities, to improve our Cherokee communities,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. “Mud Valley Road is a critical route for Cherokee citizens and this funding will allow us to complete substantial work to make it safer and more reliable.”

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