The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) invites municipalities to participate in the Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Program, which provides funding for municipalities to implement best management practices (BMPs) in accordance with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Municipal Roads General Permit (MRGP).
Donor Name: Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT)
State: Vermont
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $5.8 million
Details:
Grants-in-aid awards will total $5.8 million in this grant cycle. Municipalities must submit reimbursement requests directly to VTrans for work completed, and the agency will reimburse up to 80 percent of the municipality’s documented construction expenses, including in-kind support, for BMPs on hydrologically connected roads.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible BMPs include:
- Grass and stone-lined drainage ditches and stone check-dams
- Turnouts, cross culverts, and other disconnection and infiltration practices
- Lowering of high road shoulders
- Installation or replacement of drainage culverts and driveway culverts on non-perennial streams within right of way and installation of culvert headwalls and outlet stabilization
- Stabilizing conveyance zones
- Addressing gully erosion on Class 4 roads
- Stabilizing catch basin outlets.
For more information, visit VLCT.