The U.S. Department of Transportation recently opened the application period for $1.256 billion in Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants.
The grant program helps communities develop road safety action plans and improve unsafe roadway corridors by implementing effective interventions. Funding also can be used to test out safety features.
The goal of the program is to help reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on highways, streets, and roads.
“Every community knows some intersection or stretch of road that is dangerous to approach – now we have an opportunity to make them safer,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “The Biden-Harris administration is proud to make over $1.2 billion available for projects that can save lives on our roads, from highway redesigns to protected bike lanes, and we invite communities of every size to apply.”
Cities, towns, counties, tribal governments, special districts that are subdivisions of a state, certain transit agencies, multijurisdictional groups, and metropolitan planning organizations can apply.
Applications for implementation grants are due by May 16.
Applications for planning and demonstration grant are due on April 4, May 16, or Aug. 29.
The SS4A awarded $1.7 billion in grants last year to more than 1,000 communities.