Fourteen months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore has been awarded a $1,976,456 federal grant to improve traffic signaling along corridors impacted by heavy truck and car traffic detouring through the city.

The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will pay for improvements at about 50 intersections along Hanover Street, Pulaski Highway and Eastern Avenue, Baltimore DOT Director Veronica McBeth told the Board of Estimates on Wednesday.

“There will be upgrades using different technologies, including replacement of signal controllers, adding signal communication, CCTV cameras and radar sensors to optimize traffic along these routes,” McBeth said.

Currently, travelers in these corridors “are experiencing significant delays due to the detours and heavier local traffic.”

McBeth said the city applied for the grant last July and was notified of the award earlier this month. Because it does not require matching city or state money, work can proceed quickly by DOT standards.

This means a proposed start date of July 1, according to an agency timeline, and “project duration anticipated at two years,” which translates to an average of 2.1 signal upgrades per month.