DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Approve Letter Of Support To Scott County For Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development Grant Application For Highway 13 River, Rail, And Roads Initiative
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the Board Chair to provide a letter of support to Scott County for the Highway 13 River, Rail, and Roads Initiative application to the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program.
SUMMARY
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) BUILD grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact. The BUILD program, previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants, provide funding for surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve safety, environmental sustainability, quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness and opportunity, state of good repair, partnership and collaboration, and innovation. For fiscal year 2026, the BUILD program has $1,500,000,000 available for funding across the nation.
Scott County is requesting a letter of support for the Highway 13 River, Rail, and Roads Initiative application to the BUILD grant. This project will improve safety and the overall operations for commuters, freight, transit, pedestrians, and cyclists throughout the Highway 13 corridor and the over-all transportation network by converting an at-grade intersection into a grade-separated intersection.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends the authorization of the Board Chair to provide a letter of support to Scott County for an application to the BUILD grant program for the Highway 13 River, Rail, and Roads Initiative.
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