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The Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) announces availability of the 2012 application for the Transportation Enhancement
Program Grant for Palm Beach County projects. Download Grant Application and Related Documents.
Highlights of Grant Program Below:
Grant Name: |
2012
Transportation Enhancement
Program Grant |
Application Workshop:
(Attendance Not Required) |
10:00 AM, Thursday, February 23, 2012
Palm Beach MPO,
4th Floor East, #4E-12,
2300 N. Jog Rd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33411 |
| Application Deadline: |
5:00 PM, Thursday, April 5, 2012
Delivered to:
Palm Beach MPO
4th Floor East, #4E-13,
2300 N. Jog Rd.,
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Attn: Bret Baronak
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Applicant Presentations
and/or
Review/Ranking: |
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM,
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Applicants will be scheduled for oral
presentations before the review committee
Palm Beach MPO
4th Floor East, #4E-12,
2300 N. Jog Rd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33411 |
Reviewing/Ranking
Entity to Recommend
Grant Awards to the MPO: |
Palm Beach MPO
Bicycle, Greenways, and Pedestrian
Advisory Committee (BGPAC)
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| Eligible Applicants: |
municipal, county, state, or
federal agency, or tribal council
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| Eligible Projects: |
Enhancement Project Activities:
(Note: Roadway projects may be
on state or local roadways.)
- Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles
- Provision of safety and educational activities for pedestrian and bicyclists
- Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites
- Scenic or historic highway programs (including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities
- Landscaping and other scenic beautification
- Historic preservation
- Rehabilitation of historic transportation buildings, structures or facilities (including historic railroad facilities and canals)
- Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion and use of the corridors for pedestrian or bicycle trails)
- Inventory, control and removal of outdoor advertising
- Archaeological planning and research
- Environmental mitigation to address water pollution due to highway runoff or reduce vehicle caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity
- Establishment of transportation museums
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| Min. Funding Request: |
$250,000 |
| Max. Funding Request: |
$750,000 |
| Funding Availability: |
July 1, 2015 |
Target Funding Amount
For This Grant Cycle: |
Approx. $3.5 million
(subject to change per FDOT work program funding availability) |
| Match Required: |
Applicant responsible for all pre-construction activities
(i.e. ROW acquisition, planning, and design) |
Application Packages
to be Submitted: |
5 complete application packages
(1 original and 4 copies)
plus 2 electronic copies
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