Transportation Alternatives Program - Notice of 2020 Statewide Call for Rural Projects - Applications due January 29, 2021
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is seeking projects to be funded using Rural Statewide Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds. This program call will award $3.9 million of federal TAP funds. Local Public Agencies (LPAs) that reside within the Metropolitan Planning Organizations of OTO, MARC, and East-West Gateway are not eligible for this program call.
Eligible projects include:
- Construction of on-road and off-road trail facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other non-motorized forms of transportation, including sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian and bicycle signals, traffic calming techniques, lighting, and other safety-related infrastructure, and transportation projects to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;
- Construction of infrastructure-related projects and systems that will provide safe routes for non-drivers, including children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities to access daily needs;
- Conversion and use of abandoned railroad corridors for trails for pedestrians, bicyclists, or other non-motorized transportation users; and
- Construction of infrastructure-related projects to improve the ability of students to walk and bicycle to school, including sidewalk improvements, traffic calming and speed reduction improvements, pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements, on-street bicycle facilities, off-street bicycle and pedestrian facilities, secure bicycle parking facilities, and traffic diversion improvements in the vicinity of schools.
Awarded projects will be funded with a maximum 80 percent federal funds and require a minimum 20 percent local match. A project must seek a minimum of $100,000 of federal reimbursement. The maximum federal reimbursement is $400,000.
Links to the Program Guide and Application Form:
Applications are due to the respective District Office by Friday, January 29, 2021. Awards are anticipated to be announced in late March 2021.
For additional information, contact your MoDOT District Representative or Andrew Seiler at andrew.seiler@modot.mo.gov, (417) 895-7696.