Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The Federal Highway Administration is now accepting applications for the Bridge Investment Program to support bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation and protection.
The program offers grants in three categories:
• Planning
• Bridge projects with eligible costs up to $100 million
• Large bridge projects with eligible costs exceeding $100 million
A total of $20 million is available for planning grants, and $2.36 billion will be distributed through Bridge and Large Bridge project grants in this year’s cycle. Large Bridge projects are eligible for multiyear grants.
Cities and towns, as well as state and tribal governments, MPOs with populations over 200,000, and special purpose districts are eligible to apply for funding.
Applications can be submitted through Grants.gov by the following deadlines:
Planning: July 25
Bridge Project: Sept. 8
Large Bridge Project: Aug. 9
Eligible projects must:
• Improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges
• Improve the condition of bridges by reducing the number of bridges, and total person miles traveled over bridges, that are in poor condition or fair condition and at risk of falling into poor condition within the next three years; or the number of bridges, and total person miles traveled over bridges, that do not meet current geometric design standards or cannot meet the load and traffic requirements typical of the regional transportation network
Applications must address how the bridge will be maintained and what accommodations will be made for bicyclists and pedestrians. The selection process will also consider the use of non-federal contributions from sponsors and stakeholders involved in the planning, design and construction of eligible projects to support Bridge Investment Program projects.
For more information, contact Angela Jones or Robin Hobbs in the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Acquisition and Grants Management at BridgeInvestmentProgram@dot.gov.