Transportation

The Transportation Improvement Board Small City Program (SCP)

Applications due: End of August, 2005

The Small City Program (SCP) has annual awards ranging from $5 million to $8 million using a competitive project selection process. Applications are due at the end of August and projects selected by the Board in November.

Projects preserve and improve the arterial roadway system consistent with local needs in cities with a population less than 5,000.

For more information go to: www.tib.wa.gov/SmallCity/SCP.htm.

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Transportation Improvement Board Small City Pavement & Sidewalk Program (SCPSP)

Call for Projects: November 2005. Construction Starts: Summer 2006

The Small City Pavement & Sidewalk Program (SCPSP) provides funding for chip seal and overlay of existing pavement and associated sidewalk maintenance in incorporated cities with populations less than 5,000.

TIB staff are currently working on the development of program criteria, guidelines and procedures. TIB will send information to small cities as it is developed.

For more information, please contact Omar Mehyar, Operations Manager at (360) 586 1149 or e-mail at omarm@tib.wa.gov. Or go to: www.tib.wa.gov/SmallCity/SCPSP.htm.

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Transportation Improvement Board Small City Hardship Assistance Program (CHAP)

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

The Small City Hardship Assistance Program was created by the Legislature in 1991 to provide state funding to offset extraordinary costs associated with the transfer of state highways to small cities. The program is funded by 1% of the funds distributed to cities through direct distribution. Every odd year, unused funding is returned to cities and towns using the direct distribution formula.

CHAP funds can only be used to reimburse the costs associated with rehabilitating the project. When widening a section of roadway, TIB’s participation will be limited to the minimum standard or existing lane and shoulder widths.

For more information, go to: www.usda.gov/rus/electric/hecgp/index.htm.

Contact: Karen Larsen, Management Analyst, 202-720-9545, Fax 202-690-0717, energy.grants@usda.gov.

 
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