# Presentation: 303018

## Leveraging Financial ResourcesFederal Highway Administration Funding

- Shana V. Baker
- Office of Metropolitan Planning
- Federal Highway Administration
- Shana.Baker@fhwa.dot.gov

## Overview

- Formula Programs
- Formula Programs That Can Be Used to Leverage Transportation and Community and System Preservation (TCSP) Pilot Program Funds
- Transportation Enhancement (TE) Program
- Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program
- Recreational Trails Program

## Overview

- Discretionary Programs
- Discretionary Programs That Can Be Used to Leverage TCSP Pilot Program Funds
- Bridge Program
- Ferry Boat Program
- Conclusion

## Formula Programs

- Programs in which funds are distributed   based on a formula provided in law.
-  7 Formula Programs
- Interstate Maintenance Program
- National Highway System Program
- Surface Transportation Program
- Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
- Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
- Recreational Trails Program
- Metropolitan Planning

**Notes:**
Funds are usually apportioned on the first day of the Federal fiscal year (October 1)

## Formula Programs to Leverage TCSP Funds 

- Transportation Enhancement (TE) Program
-  Recreational Trails Program
- Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program

## Transportation Enhancement (TE) Program

-  To assist communities attain social, cultural, aesthetic and environmental goals, every state must reserve at least 10 percent of its Surface Transportation Program funds for designated transportation enhancement activities.
- Proposed TE projects must demonstrate a relationship to transportation, and more specifically with surface transportation.

## Transportation Enhancement (TE) Program

- Each state administers its own program according to FHWA guidance.
- TE projects must be one of the 12 designated TE activities and relate to the surface transportation system.

## Recreational Trails Program

- Provides funds to the States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses.
- Trail uses include hiking, bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian use, cross-country skiing
- Each State administers its own program.

## Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program

-  CMAQ Program provides seed funds for transportation projects and programs in non-attainment and maintenance areas which reduce transportation related emissions.
- Eligible Activities and Projects
- Bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs
- Outreach and rideshare activities
- Marketing programs
- Experimental Pilot Projects

## Discretionary Programs

-  Programs that do not have a legislatively mandated distribution formula.
-  FHWA administers 12 Discretionary Programs
- Bridge Discretionary Program
- Ferry Boats

## Bridge Discretionary Program 

- Projects have to be for the replacement or rehabilitation of a deficient bridge that is located on the Federal-aid highway and has an estimated cost of more than $10 million.
- Yearly, FHWA solicits candidates from the States.

## Ferry Boat Discretionary Program

- Program provides funds for the construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
- Only State transportation departments may submit applications for funding under this program.

## Conclusion

- To learn more about FHWA formula and discretionary programs:
-                 www.fhwa.dot.gov