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Funding Programs
Surface Transportation Block Grant
Regional Funding Priorities
- Safety
- Preservation
- Efficiency of the multi-modal transportation system
Eligible Project Types
Most types of transportation projects other than a general purpose capacity projects are eligible for consideration.
STBG eligible projects and activities include:
- Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, restoration preservation, or operational improvements of highways
- Bridge and tunnel replacement
- Inspection and evaluation of bridges
- Capital costs for transit projects (vehicles and facilities)
- Carpool projects, electric and natural gas vehicle infrastructure
- Bicycle and pedestrian facilities, including trails
- Modification of sidewalks to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act
- Highway and transit safety projects, hazard eliminations, railway/highway grade crossings
- Capital and operating costs for traffic management systems
- Planning programs
- Transportation alternatives
- Environmental mitigation
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Eligible projects for TA funding are generally eligible under STBG funding
More information on STBG eligible projects and activities under Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act can be found here: www.fhwa.dot.gov/specialfunding/stp/160307.cfm
Project Location Eligibility Requirements
In general, most projects must be located on federal-aid routes. Projects located on rural minor collectors and local roads are ineligible (view WSDOT’s Federal Functional Classification Map App to view federal-aid routes:
www.wsdot.wa.gov/data/tools/geoportal/?config=FunctionalClass
Number of STBG Proposals that can be Submitted
Applicants are encouraged to submit priority proposals for STBG funding. Applicants may also submit up to three contingency proposals.
Transportation Alternatives
Regional Funding Priorities
TRPC will consider all eligible TA project types equally in this call for projects process. However, the Council historically has funded bicycle and pedestrian projects and programs.
Eligible Project Types
TA eligible projects and activities include:
- Safe Routes to School programs/activities
- Planning and design for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
- Construction of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
- Inventory, control, or removal of outdoor advertising
- Historic preservation and rehabilitation of historic transportation facilities
- Vegetation management practices in transportation rights-of-way to improve roadway safety, prevent against invasive species, and provide erosion control
- Archaeological activities relating to impacts from implementation of a transportation project eligible under Title 23
- Any environmental mitigation activity, including pollution prevention and pollution abatement activities and mitigation to:
- Address stormwater management, control, and water pollution prevention or abatement related to highway construction or due to highway runoff, including activities described in sections 133(b)(11), 328(a), and 329 of title 23; or
- Reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality or to restore and maintain connectivity among terrestrial or aquatic habitats.
- Planning, designing, or constructing boulevards and other roadways largely in the right-of-way of former Interstate System routes or other divided highways.
More information on TA eligible entities under Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act can be found here:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/transportation_alternatives/guidance/guidance_2016.cfm#EligibleEntities
Number of TA Applications that can be Submitted
Applicants may submit one priority proposal for TA funding. Applicants may also submit one contingency proposal. Tranditional partners are encouraged to apply with non-traditional partners.
Funding Caps
There is no funding cap on how much a single project proposal may request. However, TRPC strongly intends to fund more than one TA project. Any applicant requesting most or all the available funds should demonstrate why the proposal is so exceptional that it merits substantial funding in light of this policy intent – these proposals are likely to be held to a higher standard than those requesting lesser amounts.
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
Regional Funding Priorities
Projects must contribute to a reduction in per capita vehicle miles traveled or to overall system operating efficiency that reduces vehicle stops and starts that generate tire and brake wear.
Eligible Project Types
CMAQ eligible projects must be located in the Thurston County Air Quality Maintenance Area (roughly the city limits of Lacey, Olympia, and Tumwater). Refer to the map in the Application Instructions and Process Guidance for the eligible project limits. Eligible projects and activities include:
- Alternative Fuels and Vehicles
- Construction of roundabouts, high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, left-turn or other managed lanes provided they demonstrate net emissions benefits
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) projects, including traffic signal synchronization projects, traffic management projects, and traveler information systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the following ITS projects have very high benefit in reducing emissions:
- Transit Improvements
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities and Programs
- Travel Demand Management
- Public Education and Outreach Activities Related to Air Quality
- Transportation Management Associations (TMA)
- Carpooling and Vanpooling
- Projects and programs targeting freight capital costs like rolling stock or ground infrastructure are eligible provided that air quality benefits can be demonstrated.
- Diesel Engine Retrofits and Other Advanced Truck Technologies
- Idle Reduction Programs
- Training for Implementation of Air Quality Programs
- Inspection / Maintenance (I/M) Program
Number of CMAQ Proposals that can be Submitted
Applicants may submit one proposal for CMAQ funding. Applicants may also submit one contingency proposal.Eligible Applicants
Applicant eligibility varies with each grant program. Review the three funding programs shown above for more details. TRPC recognizes two groups of transportation partners for the call for projects process: 1) Traditional Partners; and 2) Non-Traditional Partners.
Traditional Partners
Any local agency that provides general purpose, surface transportation facilities, programs, and services as a part of its core mission. For this process, Traditional Transportation Partners include only Bucoda, Lacey, Olympia, Rainier, Tenino, Tumwater, Yelm, Thurston County, the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, the Nisqually Indian Tribe, and Intercity Transit. Traditional partners are encouraged to apply with non-traditional partners when feasible.
Non-Traditional Partners
Any agency or organization other than those identified above that provides surface transportation facilities, programs, or services that directly support the goals and policies of the Regional Transportation Plan. Examples of these partners include TRPC, the Port of Olympia, school districts, state and federal natural resource agencies, fire districts, and non-profit organizations.
NOTE: Thurston Regional Planning Council reserves the right to award funding from alternate eligible funding sources to those requested, i.e. STBG in lieu of TA or CMAQ in lieu of TA. Doing so may enable TRPC to maximize its funding programs, program additional projects, and meet yearly obligation targets.
All three programs require a minimum 13.5% non-federal match.1
1 Federal funding can only comprise 86.5% of the total project cost. For example, if the total project cost is $100,000 the applicant must provide a non-federal match no less than $13,500.