Heavy Demand for Transportation Options in 2019 CMAQ Round
2019-08-02
June 14 was the deadline to submit letters of interest for the 2019 round of federal Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) program funding administered by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT).
Twelve letters of interest were received from four MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) member municipalities and five other agencies for projects in or directly impacting the Rockingham MPO region.
In aggregate these letters request $13.18 million in federal funding with a total project cost of $20.6 million. Statewide 30 letters were received requesting $22.98 million in CMAQ funding.
This compares to the pool of approximately $13.5 million federal dollars available statewide for the two-year funding round. Proposed projects in the RPC region included transit service and fleet replacement, rail siding upgrade, rail trail and multi-use path construction, electric vehicle charging stations, school zone complete streets improvements, and traffic signal coordination.
Full proposals will be due September 6th, with regional rankings developed in September and October, and statewide project selection announced by January.
Contact Scott Bogle at the RPC with any questions: sbogle@therpc.org or 603-658-0515.
More info about the CMAQ program at https://www.nh.gov/dot/org/projectdevelopment/planning/cmaq
