Transportation Alternatives Program - Notice of 2025 Statewide Call for Rural Projects - Applications due July 11, 2025
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 $16.5 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:
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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;
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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;
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Conversion and use of abandoned railroad corridors for trails for pedestrians, bicyclists, or other non-motorized transportation users; and
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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 $600,000.
Links to the Program Guide and Application Form:
2025 MO TAP What to Expect Video
If this project will impact MoDOT right of way, provide letter of consent from the MoDOT Area Engineer and MoDOT Highway Safety and Traffic (LPATSGroup@modot.mo.gov) per Section A.10. of the 2025 TAP Guide. Submit the application for review to the area engineer by June 13, 2025. Completed TAP application packets must be submitted by email to the respective District representative and be received by 4:00 p.m. CST on July 11, 2025. Awards are anticipated to be announced September 12, 2025.
For additional information, contact your MoDOT District Representative or Andy Hanks at andrew.hanks@modot.mo.gov, (573) 526-1862.