TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: April 8, 2024
Subject: Safe Streets and Roads for All 2024 Grant Applications, San Pablo Dam Road Diet Project
Submitted For: Warren Lai | PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
Department: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Referral No: 2
Referral Name: REVIEW application for TWIC grants to be prepared by the PUBLIC WORKS and CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT Departments
Presenter: Carl Roner | PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Contact: Carl Roner (925)313-2213
Referral History:
The County often seeks state and federal funding to augment local road funds, stretching local dollars to build improvements that would not be possible otherwise. The current opportunity is through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This grant program is on its second of four annual cycles. Public Works submitted a SS4A application for the Vision Zero Tier One Projects during the last grant cycle; however, a grant from this previous cycle was not awarded to the County.
Referral Update:
On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the SS4A grant program under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also referred to as the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law" or "BIL"). In the notice, the DOT solicited applications for transportation projects and activities to support planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets. These initiatives are to involve all roadway users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation, personal conveyance and micromobility devices, motorists, and commercial vehicle operators. Grant applications must be submitted by 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on May 16, 2024.
The DOT has authorized and appropriated $1.2 billion to be awarded as part of the 2024 SS4A program under the Infrastructure Investment and...
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