OPENING LINES Source: https://www.naco.org/, Jesssica Jennings, Charlotte Mitchell Duyshart, First published April 15th, 2025 On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the availability of $1.2 billion through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) competitive grant program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 for transportation safety planning or construction projects. Safety is a top priority for county officials who collectively steward 45 percent of roads and 38 percent of bridges in America. Counties can apply directly to USDOT for SS4A funds to plan and build safety projects at an 80 percent federal cost share through two categories: PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS | $656.7 MILLION AVAILABLE IN FY 2024 • Funds the development, completion or supplementing of an Action Plan, a document that strategically seeks to prevent local and regional roadway injuries and deaths • Newly establishes three application deadlines: April 4, May 16 and August 29, 2024; if an applicant is not selected in the first two rounds, they may reapply by the August deadline • Newly establishes priority selection criteria for applicants with a fatality rate of 17 fatalities per 100,000 persons or greater FY 25 UPDATE: USDOT ANNOUNCES $982 MILLION THROUGH SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM 9 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 04
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