The Multimodal Transportation Fund provides grants to encourage economic development and ensure that a safe and reliable system of transportation is available to the residents of the commonwealth.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
State: Pennsylvania
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $3,000,000
Details:
The program is intended to provide financial assistance to municipalities, councils of governments, businesses, economic development organizations, public transportation agencies and rail and freight ports in order to improve public transportation assets that enhance communities, pedestrian safety, and transit revitalization. The program will be jointly administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development (“DCED”) Financing Authority (“CFA”).
Funds may be used for the development, rehabilitation and enhancement of transportation assets to existing communities, streetscape, lighting, sidewalk enhancement, pedestrian safety, connectivity of transportation assets and transit-oriented development.
Funding Information
Grants are available for projects with a total cost of $100,000 or more. Grants shall not exceed $3,000,000 for any project.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Multimodal Transportation Fund projects, which commence construction after the approval date, must be owned and maintained by an eligible applicant, except in the case of a state-owned highway.
- Municipality – Any county, city, borough, school district, incorporated town, township or home rule municipality or an authority of a municipality.
- Councils of Governments – An entity organized by units of local government under an intergovernmental agreement, which provides cooperative planning, coordination, and technical assistance to its member governments on issues of mutual concern that cross jurisdictional lines, and which does not act under the direction and control of any single member government.
- Business – A corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, business trust, privately owned airports (must be open to the public), or other commercial entity approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority. The term shall also include not-for-profit entities.
- An Economic Development Organization – A nonprofit corporation or association whose purpose is the enhancement of economic conditions in their community.
- Public Transportation Agency – A public transit agency, including but not limited to an airport authority, public airport, port authority, or similar public entity, created through the laws of this commonwealth, charged with the provision of transportation services to the traveling public, that owns and maintains or is authorized to own and maintain a physical plant, including rolling stock, stations, shelters, hangars, runways, maintenance, and support facilities.
- Ports – Rail / Freight – Railroad owner, railroad lessee/operator, railroad user and port terminal operators.
For more information, visit Multimodal Transportation Fund.