Grant Writing

Transportation Enhancement

Transportation enhancement projects are intended to go beyond the normal required environmental mitigation of a transportation improvement project and must have a relationship to surface transportation. There is a 30 percent minimum match required.

The 12 eligible projects are as follows:

1. Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists
2. Provision of safety and educational activities for pedestrians and bicyclists
3. Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites
4. Scenic or historic highway programs (including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities)
5. Landscaping and other scenic beautification
6. Historic preservation
7. Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals)
8. Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion and use thereof for pedestrian or bicycle trails)
9. Control and removal of outdoor advertising
10. Archaeological planning and research
11. Environmental mitigation to address water pollution due to highway runoff or reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity
12. Establishment of transportation museums.

 

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