TRANSPORTATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES!
Due in Summer and Fall. Draft: August 14, 2024. Final: October 1, 2024
Usually on FDOT rights-of-way (ROW) (or county roads contiguous to and visible from the state ROW). Purchase and installation of plant materials, soil amendments, and irrigation systems; site preparation. (Sign installation and hardscape elements are not eligible but can be used as match). Think of areas where you would like to have people walking and bicycling. Having beautiful plants is an important element for active transportation. Also, beautification is helpful for economic development.​​
Grant Application Workshop: fall. Open: fall. Checkpoint: fall. Close: winter.
Low stress, ages 8 to 80 active transportation facilities (sidewalks, separated bike lanes, shared use path, protected intersections, roadway markings, school-related signals, beacons or signs, etc.). Can also do projects around education, encouragement, enforcement, evaluation. STEP (Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian) infrastructure to consider; lane repurposing (road diets), PHBs (pedestrian hybrid beacons), pedestrian refuge islands, raised crosswalks, crosswalk visibility enhancements (signs, lighting, marking the crosswalk, etc.), RRFBs (rectangular rapid flashing beacons), LPIs (leading pedestrian intervals). Watching the webinar is a requirement of applying.
https://floridaltap.org/recorded-webinar-srts-application-workshop/.
Please contact Gretchen Peoples of FDOT District 3 for more information.