New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS › Chapter 27 - HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - TRANSPORTATION PROJECT FUND › Section 18.27.6.8 - GENERAL GUIDELINES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The
				department may make grants to eligible entities for transportation projects as
				funds are appropriated in a manner deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes
				of the fund.
B. Eligible projects
				include environmental and other studies, planning, design, construction and
				acquisition of rights of way necessary for the development of transportation
				infrastructure, and includes highways, streets, roadways, bridges, crossing
				structures, parking facilities, including all areas for vehicular, transit,
				bicycle or pedestrian use for travel, ingress, egress and parking. An eligible
				entity may seek funding for any discrete phase of a transportation project. A
				project included in a transportation improvement program is an eligible project
				provided the project is not funded with federal funds and the project does not
				qualify as a beautification project.
C. The department will award up to
				ninety-five percent of the total cost of a transportation project provided that
				the eligible entity has demonstrated an ability to provide the remainder of the
				project costs in local funds. The eligible entity is responsible for any and
				all expenditures in excess of the grant award.
D. The department will award up to one
				hundred percent of the total cost of a transportation project if a financial
				hardship qualification certificate is issued by DFA, or if the department makes
				such a determination in the event a tribe requests a waiver. The eligible
				entity is responsible for any and all expenditures in excess of the grant
				award.
E. Costs associated with
				preparing, reviewing, and submitting an application and any required supporting
				documentation prepared by the eligible entity, and any costs of a consultant's
				services incurred in preparing an application, are not eligible for grant
				funding participation.
F. The
				department will not perform any in depth analysis or review of project scope,
				cost estimates, functionality, project phasing and scheduling or overall
				constructability. The department may conduct an in-depth analysis after the
				completion of a project when evaluating the eligible entity's ability to
				properly administer, implement and complete a project.
G. Applicants must have the ability to
				successfully deliver their project.
H. All grant awarded funds must be spent no
				later than 30 months from the effective date of the grant agreement.
I. All grants are subject to department
				audit.
J. Grants awarded to an
				eligible entity will be provided for a specific project. Unexpended funds
				cannot be used for any other purpose or project. A grant award can be used for
				any project included in the state transportation improvement program provided
				the project will not be receiving any federal funding and is not a
				transportation beautification project. Unexpended grant awards will be returned
				to the department after project completion.