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Transportation Enhancements
| CALL FOR PROJECTS |
MARC Timeline for KDOT Call for Projects KDOT Application for FFY 2011–2012 Transportation Enhancements Funds |
| ECONOMIC RECOVERY |
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Missouri Transportation Enhancements ARRA recommendations (pdf) |
| RESOURCES |
| National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse |
| MARC LINKS |
Surface Transportation Program |
| COMMITTEES |
Program
description
Eligible projects
Selection process
Kansas Enhancements FFY 2011–2012 call for projects
Program description
The Transportation Enhancements (TE) program was created to support projects that expand travel choices and enhance the transportation experience through improvements to the cultural, aesthetic, historic and environmental aspects of the transportation network.
Eligible projects
The following types of projects are eligible for Kansas and Missouri TE funding, provided that they relate to surface transportation:
- Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles
- Provision of safety and educational activities for pedestrians and bicycles
- Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites (including historic battlefields)
- Scenic or historic highway programs (including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities)
- Landscaping and other scenic beautification
- Historic preservation
- Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion and use of the corridors for pedestrian or bicycle trails)
- Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals)
- Inventory, control, and removal of outdoor advertising
- Archaeological planning and research
- Environmental mitigation to address water pollution due to highway runoff, or to reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity
- Establishment of transportation museums
Selection process
Kansas and Missouri have different selection criteria and committees that select projects to receive TE funding. The Kansas Transportation Enhancements Committee and the Missouri Transportation Enhancements Committee oversees TE program funds which are awarded to sponsors of transportation projects that expand travel choice and enhance the transportation experience. These committees review, score, and recommend project applications to the Total Transportation Policy Committee.
Kansas Enhancements FY 2011–2012 Call for Projects
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has released a call for projects for Transportation Enhancements funding for federal fiscal year 2011–2012. Applications must be mailed to KDOT and postmarked by Dec. 30, 2009. See more details and download application.
Applicants within MARC’s planning boundary must submit to MARC a letter of intent with project contact information and a general project description no later than Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. E-mail letter of intent to Heidi Schallberg or fax to 816-421-7758.
Based on the project descriptions provided, MARC staff will determine if the proposal meets federal and state eligibility requirements, and issue a letter of support to KDOT for eligible projects. Applicants must also send a copy of their applications to MARC at the time they submit applications to KDOT. Send electronic files to Heidi Schallberg or mail files on a CD to Mid-America Regional Council, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO 64105.
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| Dec. 4, 2009 | Letters of intent due to MARC |
| Dec. 30, 2009 | KDOT application deadline (Applications must be postmarked by this date, and copies must be sent to MARC) |
| March 2, 2010 | MARC Kansas Transportation Enhancements Committee meets to review and recommend projects |
| March 23, 2010 | Committee recommendations presented to Total Transportation Policy Committee for approval |
| March 30, 2010 | Committee recommendations presented to MARC Board for approval |
| March 2010 | Committee recommendations forwarded to KDOT |
| Through June 2010 | KDOT review |
| June 2010 | Applicant notification of KDOT recommendations |