Programs & Regulations

Transportation Enhancement Program

The Proposal - Description Page 1

Project Description - Required Information

The proposal should include a full description of the proposed Transportation Enhancement activity including all the following:

• Project name
• Location
  
• Precise limits and alignment
• Explicit geographic reference such as: longitude and latitude; national grid reference; address with postal code; census tract name; forest tract name; road name; or other location references for use in Geographic Information Systems
• A detailed description of proposed project activities
• Precise definition what activities the Transportation Enhancement Program is being requested to fund
• Description of any historical uses of the site
• Define the proposed project’s relationship to the current transportation system
• Identification of what customers will be served
• Description of any environmental impacts or benefits
• Proposed costs

Proposed projects will be screened and selected for funding based on the following criteria:

Eligibility

• Must be directly related to the Federal-aid transportation system contributing to the statewide transportation system
• Must be compatible with the Americans with Disabilities Act

Selection preference is given to the following:

• Demonstrates economic benefit to the project area
• Positive environmental and historical benefits and impacts
• Regionally significant
• Regionally significant
• Contributes to a statewide geographic balance of Enhancement Program projects
• Contributes to a balance among Enhancement Program categories
• Adjacent to transit facilities, or within state designated revitalization areas, Priority Funding Areas, or HotSpot Communities
• Connects schools, libraries, recreational facilities and transit services

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