The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting applications for its 2024 Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program.
Donor Name: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/17/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program makes funding available competitively to assist in the financing of capital, planning, and operating assistance for eligible ferry services.
The Rural Ferry Program provides funding for capital, operating, and planning expenses to States and territories for ferry service to rural areas.
The Department seeks to fund projects that advance the Departmental priorities of safety, equity, climate and sustainability, workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation as described in the USDOT Strategic Plan, Research, Development and Technology Strategic Plan, and in executive orders.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $216,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $216,000,000
Project Period
Funds are available for obligation for five years after the fiscal year in which the project selections are announced.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants for the Rural Ferry Program are States and territories in which eligible service is operated. For the $196 million made available under Division J of the BIL, eligible service includes passenger ferry service that operated a regular schedule at any time between March 1, 2015, and March 1, 2020, and operated at least one segment between two rural areas located more than 50 sailing (nautical) miles apart. FTA defines a regular schedule as a published schedule for either seasonal or year-round ferry service. Applicants must not have attributed data to an urbanized area in their most recent report to the National Transit Database for their ferry services.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.