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The Mayor and City Council shall discuss and possibly take action to ratify the submission of a grant application to the Public Lands Highways Discretionary Program through the Federal Highway Administration in an amount not to exceed $2,028,000. Consent to submit an application includes completion of all necessary paperwork for the application process and designates the City Manager to sign all documents.
There is no matching requirement; however, leveraged funding increases competitiveness of the application. City staff is requesting to provide matching funds available in Development Impact Fees, Transportation, Land (34644146-67710-35021) in the amount of $507,000. Discussion and Action.
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The Mayor and City Council provided consent to submit grant application for funding through the Public Lands Highways Discretionary Program in 2011 for the SR 347 grade separation project.
The City of Maricopa was encouraged by the U.S. Department of Transportation to resubmit a grant application for Public Lands Highways Discretionary Program after making recommended modifications to the Grant.
The Public Lands Highways Discretionary (PLHD) Program provides funding for transportation planning, and engineering and construction of highways, roads, parkways and transit facilities that are within, adjacent to Indian Reservations and Federal Public Lands including national parks, refuges, forests, recreation areas and grasslands. PLHD funds can be used for any type of Title 23 transportation project providing access to or within Federal or Indian Lands and may be used for State/local matching shares for appropriate Federal aid Highways Funds. This program is administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
This grant application would be for construction to re-align Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway and make the connection point be at Honeycutt Road. These two intersections will be 90 degrees to each other and could be signalized because of t...
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