Reconnecting Communities Pilot Discretionary Grant Program
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program grants.
Funds for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 RCP Program are to be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development.The variety of transformative solutions to knit communities back together can include:
high-quality public transportation, infrastructure removal, pedestrian walkways and overpasses, capping over roadways, linear parks and trail connectors, roadway redesigns and complete streets conversions, and main street revitalization.
The program will award two types of grants:
Planning Grants and Capital Construction Grants.
Please consult the full Notice of Funding Opportunity for full details about the application process, requirements, and forms.
Funds for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 RCP Program are to be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development.The variety of transformative solutions to knit communities back together can include:
high-quality public transportation, infrastructure removal, pedestrian walkways and overpasses, capping over roadways, linear parks and trail connectors, roadway redesigns and complete streets conversions, and main street revitalization.
The program will award two types of grants:
Planning Grants and Capital Construction Grants.
Please consult the full Notice of Funding Opportunity for full details about the application process, requirements, and forms.
Agency: Department of Transportation
Office: 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy
Estimated Funding: $195,000,000
Office: 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy
Estimated Funding: $195,000,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://www.transportation.gov/grants/reconnecting-communities
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Transportation Facility Owners applying for a capital construction grant.
See Notice of Funding Opportunity for specific details on eligibilities.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program Website
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
faith.hall@dot.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2022-06-30
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-10-14
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