Criteria Published for Second Round of TIGER Grants (AASHTO)
Applicants for the Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery grant program will need to show “long-term outcomes” and “job creation and economic stimulus” for any projects they are proposing, according to draft criteria released Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Also to be considered are project innovation and jurisidictional and funding partnerships.
States and localities applying for $600 million in transportation infrastructure grants amd $40 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development must also show they they will fund at least 20% of the project’s costs. This is a change from the first round of TIGER grants, which required no state or local matching funds. The matching provision can be waived for rural reas, however. There will be $140 million set aside for rural projects from this $640 million combined grant program.
This year’s TIGER grant program is part of the Obama administration’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities, according to a notice in Monday’s Federal Register.
U.S. DOT awarded the first round of $1.5 billion in TIGER grants in February.
The 21-page notice is available at tinyurl.com/TIGER042610. Comments on the proposed grant criteria will be accepted through May 28.
