Safe Streets and Roads for All accepting applications

Back for its second year of awards, the U.S. Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program.

Funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the program will award approximately $5 billion in grant funding to support regional, local, and tribal government efforts to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.

Applications are due on July 10, and awards are expected to be made by the end of the year.

There are two types of SS4A grants: Planning and Demonstration Grants, and Implementation Grants. Eligible projects in these two categories include planning, design, development or updating of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, as well as implementation of Action Plan activities.

This year’s Planning and Demonstration Grants are expected to range from $100,000 to $10 million. Implementation Grants are expected to range from $2.5 million to $25 million.

Project examples and informational webinars are available online. The notice of funding opportunity is available on Grants.gov, but the application process must be completed using the following Valid Eval links:
• Planning and Demonstration Application
• Implementation Application

Interested parties may subscribe to email updates to receive program announcements.

Last year, through the first round of SS4A, the U.S. DOT awarded $800 million for more than 500 projects. Seventeen grants were awarded to Massachusetts entities, including a $460,000 grant to the Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission, working collaboratively with the Martha’s Vineyard Commission and the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, to develop safety action plans.