Description
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is announcing a funding opportunity for the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (TTPSF) for Fiscal Year 2020. The TTPSF is a set-aside of not more than 2 percent of the funds authorized under the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) for each fiscal year. The grant opportunity will result in the distribution of an estimated $9.2 million. The actual amount available to be awarded under this notice is subject to funding availability.
The FHWA will award TTPSF funds based on the selection criteria and policy considerations as outlined in the notice. The selection criteria include strategic safety planning, supporting safety data, facility ownership, and time elapsed since previous TTPSF construction award.
Some of the key points to consider for this opportunity include:
• Eligible applicants are federally recognized Indian Tribes.
• Eligible projects include safety plans, data assessment, improvement, and analysis activities, and infrastructure improvements and other eligible activities as listed in 23 U.S.C. 148(a)(4).
• Applications must be submitted electronically through the website: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-tribal/safety/funds.
• The application deadline is August 20, 2020.
• The FHWA will establish an evaluation team to review each application received by the application deadline.
• The evaluation team will review each application against the evaluation criteria in each of the categories and assign a rating of “Highly Qualified,” “Qualified,” or “Not Qualified,” to each application.