The Federal Highway Administration has announced the availability of the proposed 2011 implementation strategy for the Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP). The program was established under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which expired on Sept. 30, 2009. However, FHWA anticipates that funding for [...]
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California, FHWA Renew MOU for Categorical Exclusion Delegation
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced the renewal of its Section 6004 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which it assumed FHWA’s responsibility for determining whether certain transportation projects may be categorically excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act review process. The MOU streamlines the federal environmental review process for categorically excluded transportation projects [...]
FHWA National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Grants
The Federal Highway Administration has announced the award of over $9.4 million in grants to rehabilitate and preserve 14 historic covered bridges in 10 states under the fiscal year 2009 National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation (NHCBP) program. The project grant selections included the Blair Covered Bridge in Grafton County, N.H, one of the earliest examples [...]
DOT and HUD to Award $75 Million
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have announced a first-ever joint grant process to award $75 million in financial support for coordinated planning activities that integrate transportation and housing decisions. DOT will issue $35 million in grants for transportation planning and design activities from the second round of [...]
