DATE: August 9, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Highway Safety Improvement Program - Cycle 8 Grant Applications
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
Consider and approve the recommended projects list to submit to the California Department of Transportation as candidate projects for Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 8 Federal grant funding.
REPORT
The recommended action will authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or his designee, to apply to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding by the program deadline of August 12, 2016. A recommended list of projects is shown on Attachment A.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
If the recommended action is not approved, these grant applications will not be submitted to Caltrans.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. If the applications are approved for funding, the projects will be 100% federally funded with no matching requirements.
DISCUSSION:
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) was signed into law on December 4, 2015. Under FAST, the Highway Safety Improvement Program is a core Federal-aid program to States for the purpose of achieving a signification reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned public roads on tribal land. Local HSIP projects must be identified on the basis of crash experience, crash potential, crash rate, or other data-supported means.
Caltrans announced HSIP Cycle 8 Call for Projects on May 9, 2016. The application due date for this cycle is Friday, August 12, 2016. This Call for Projects is targeted for approximately $150 million of Federal HSIP funds, however, there is no assurance that any of the proposed County projects will be selected for funding.
Funding consideration is given to projects with an expected B...
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