$100 Million in Funding Available to Improve Community Accessibility
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (RCP) aims to restore community connectivity by funding projects that remove, retrofit, or mitigate highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers. The program provides two types of grants:
- Planning Grants: For studying the removal, retrofitting, or mitigation of existing facilities, conducting public engagement, and other transportation planning activities.
- Capital Construction Grants: For carrying out projects to remove, retrofit, mitigate, or replace existing facilities with new ones that reconnect communities.
Funding Information:
- Funding Type: Grant
- Funding Availability: Open (Accepting Applications)
- Funding Organization: U.S. Department of Transportation
- Maximum Funding Amount: $100 million
- Deadline: September 30, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT
- Total Program Size: $600 million
- $50 million for Planning Grants (includes funding for technical assistance)
- $145 million for Capital Construction Grants
Eligibility
Eligible Activities
- High-quality public transportation
- Infrastructure removal
- Pedestrian walkways and overpasses
- Capping and lids
- Linear parks and trails
- Roadway redesigns and complete streets conversions
- Main street revitalization
- Intelligent transportation systems
Deadline
All proposals must be submitted by September 30th, 2024