Local governments are competing with projects across the country, hoping to get a piece of a $1.5 billion pot to rebuild the .

Fort Collins, Windsor and the Colorado Department of Transportation together applied for $27 million to widen the CO 392 bridge over Interstate 25, add turn lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks, and realign the frontage road, the Loveland Reporter-Herald reports.

“It’s a very competitive grant,” said Rick Richter, Fort Collins engineering and capital projects manager.

Each state is capped at $300 million, and the Colorado Department of Transportation is a party to seven such applications, including the one for the Windsor interchange. If the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant is approved, work likely would begin next summer.

Got to the Loveland Reporter-Herald for the entire article.