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Surface Transportation Program

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Program Description

Provides funding that may be used for projects on Federal-aid eligible highways, transit capital improvements, and active transportation projects.

Program Eligibility

An eligible project sponsor must be a local government in the Ogden/ Layton Urbanized or Salt Lake/ West Valley Urbanized Area, the department of transportation, or the transit authority, or submit a letter in cooperation with one of these entities.

Eligible Activities

STP funds may be used for constructing new streets or widening, improving, or reconstructing existing streets classified as Federal Aid Eligible (FAE) freeways, highways, arterials or collectors (click here for the latest version of the FAE facilities map in your Urban Area). In addition, STP funds can be used for bridge replacement, intersection improvements, projects which reduce traffic demand, such as transit capital improvements and active transportation, and other projects as provided for in federal legislation. Major highway and transit capacity improvements must be identified in the first phase of the 2023-2050 RTP.

Funding

By population formula, the federal government currently apportions approximately $10,000,000 – $12,000,000 in Urban STP funds each year to the Ogden/ Layton Urbanized Area, and approximately $20,000,000 – $22,000,000 in the Salt Lake/ West Valley Urbanized Area. Funds are programmed over a six-year period and applicants currently will be competing for funds available in the federal fiscal year 2030.

Letters of Intent

In order for the WFRC staff to recommend whether a sponsor should submit an application, the “Letter of Intent” must include the project name, project limits, a brief project description, and an estimated cost. A list of all the projects appropriately submitted will be distributed to members of the Councils of Governments (COGs) and then reviewed by WFRC to determine program eligibility. The list of “Letters of Intent” received during October 2023.

Letters of Intent were due September 28, 2023 electronically.

Applications

Sponsors of eligible projects will be notified and required to submit a new and/or updated Project Evaluation Concept Report and Cost Estimation Form for each project by December 7, 2023. These reports will be reviewed for completeness. The projects will be evaluated and scored by the WFRC staff according to the approved criteria prior to presenting information to the Technical Advisory Committees for review and recommendation. The projects and the recommendations will then be presented to the COGs for discussion and review, as well as to Trans Com for recommendation to the Regional Council.

Please click on the appropriate buttons to obtain the necessary forms:

Staff Contact

Ben Wuthrich,  bwuthrich@wfrc.org, (801) 363-4250 x1121

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