Buckeye Hills Regional Council is accepting applications for Surface Transportation Block Grant funds through January 10, 2023.
House Bill 74 of the 134th Ohio General Assembly allocated $5.2 million in funding over the biennium to create a Regional Transportation Planning Grant Program to assist rural communities with transportation projects. Each Regional Transportation Planning Organization in Ohio received an allocation of STBG funding for state fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
STBG funds may be used for eligible costs for planning studies and services for active transportation projects or engineering and design phases on Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) and Small City projects approved by Ohio Department of Transportation District #5 (Perry County) and #10 (Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Monroe, Noble, and portions of Washington counties).
Eligible applicants must be a public agency within the counties of Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Monroe, Noble, Perry, and portions of Washington and legally allowed to enter a contract with ODOT. Non-profit organizations, private sector organizations, and school districts are not eligible applicants, but these organizations may partner with an eligible applicant.
For more information about the program, contact Transportation Manager Melissa Zoller at mzoller@buckeyehills.org or by phone at 740-374-9436.