Culvert replacement grant application opens

The Division of Ecological Restoration on Jan. 20 announced that it is seeking proposals for its Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance grant program, with applications due by March 20.

According to the Division of Ecological Restoration, roughly $2.9 million is anticipated to be available for fiscal 2027, and individual grant awards typically range from $25,000 to $400,000, with larger awards generally supporting construction projects. Requests between $400,000 and $650,000 will also be considered this year.

Funding may support field data collection, design and engineering, permitting, and/or construction.

Information about the Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance program, along with six other environmental grant programs, is available through the new Environment and Climate One Stop (ECO One Stop) portal.

The Request for Responses and application can be accessed through a new Grants Management System. Applicants must create a MyMassGov account through the Grant Management System before completing their application.

The ECO One Stop Grants Catalogue has descriptions of all participating grant programs. A matrix of the required information by grant program is also available online.

All RFR materials are available through COMMBUYS as well.

Questions regarding the fiscal 2027 CRMA and the fiscal 2027 ECO One Stop RFR must be submitted electronically by Feb. 18 at 11:59 p.m., either by email to [email protected] or via the Bid Q&A tab on COMMBUYS.

Responses to questions are anticipated to be published to COMMBUYS by Feb. 25.

The DER is holding a number of opportunities to explain the new process:
• Informational webinar: Wednesday, Jan. 28, noon-1 p.m. – Register
• EEA Grants Management System (GMS) webinar: Thursday, Jan. 29, 10-11 a.m. – Register
• MassEnviroScreen office hours: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 3-4 p.m. – Register