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The RCP Program aims to advance and support reconnection of communities divided by transportation infrastructure – with a priority on helping disadvantaged communities improve access to daily needs (jobs, schools, healthcare, grocery stores, and recreation). Funds for the fiscal years (FY) 2024, 2025, and 2026 RCP grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and capital construction activities that aim to restore community connectivity through the removal, retrofit, mitigation or replacement of highways, roadways, or other infrastructure facilities that create barriers to mobility, access or economic development.
Planning studies to assess the feasibility of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating an existing eligible dividing facility to reconnect communities, including assessments of: - Current traffic patterns on the facility and the surrounding street network. - Capacity of existing transportation networks to maintain mobility needs. - Alternative roadway designs or other uses for the right-of-way including green infrastructure or other nature-based solutions. - The project’s anticipated impact on mobility of freight and people. - The project’s anticipated impact on safety. - The estimated cost to restore community connectivity and to convert the facility to a different design or use, compared to any expected maintenance or reconstruction costs. - The project’s anticipated economic impact and development opportunities. - The project’s anticipated environmental, public health, and community impacts. Public engagement activities, including community visioning or other place-based strategies for public input into project plans. - Other transportation planning activities required in advance of a project to remove, retrofit, or mitigate an existing eligible facility to restore community connectivity, as determined by DOT.
1. Each applicant is required to be registered in SAM.gov before submitting an application and provide a valid UEI in their application. These processes can take several weeks to complete and must be done before the application deadline.
2. Review and selection of projects to recieve grants includes consideration of:
3. An eligible facility is a highway, including a road, street, or parkway or other transportation facility, such as a rail line, that creates a barrier to community connectivity, including barriers to mobility, access, or economic development, due to high speeds, grade separations, or other design factors.
