Three transportation projects in Colorado will receive nearly $46 million in federal funding from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program.

Of the funds, $4.7 million will go to the Rio Grande Intermodal Transportation Project in Alamosa, $16.8 million will go to the Side Connector Project in Pueblo, and $24.2 million will go to the Westward Three Project in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs and Rifle, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.

“These exciting federal grants build upon our work at the state level to fix our roads, making it easier, safer and faster for Coloradans to get where they need to go,” said Gov. Jared Polis.

HANNAH METZGER,

THE DENVER GAZETTE