Congressional earmarks in NC
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 12 provisions worth $54.82M match.
By year
- FY2023 $54.82M · 12
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Richard Burr Sen. NC · $22.55M · 2
- David Price Rep. NC · $18.32M · 4
- George Butterfield Rep. NC · $7.50M · 3
- Deborah K. Ross Rep. NC · $6.45M · 3
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $54.82M · 12
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pavement Rehabilitation on US-64 (Future I-87) · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Richard Burr NC | $12.30M $12.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | I-40 Concrete Replacement and I-26/I-40/I-240 Initial Interchange Improvements · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Richard Burr NC | $10.25M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Bus Replacement Funding for Urban Transit Systems Chapel Hill Transit · NC | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative David Price NC | $8.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) Runway Replacement · NC | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative David Price NC | $6.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) North Cargo Taxilane Reconstruction · NC | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative Deborah Ross NC | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Rocky Mount, NC's Downtown Pedestrian Bridge · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative George Butterfield NC | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Greenville, NC Connecting Communities through Greenway Access · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative George Butterfield NC | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | R. Kelly Bryant Bridge Trail · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative David Price NC | $2.32M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Wilson RIDE Microtransit Expansion North Carolina Department of Transportation · NC | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative George Butterfield NC | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Downtown Streetscape Improvements · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative David Price NC | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Wake County Transit Access and Safety Improvements Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority (GoTriangle) · NC | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Deborah Ross NC | $900.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Tingen Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Design, Environmental, and Right-of-Way · NC | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Deborah Ross NC | $550.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
Enacted earmarks from GAO's Tracking the Funds data (FY2022-FY2024). FY2025 had none (a full-year continuing resolution); FY2026's are enacted but not yet in GAO's data. Amounts are what the law provided, not what was spent. Source: GAO, Tracking the Funds. Requesters are matched to today's members of Congress by name and state; former members show as GAO wrote them.