Eastern plains regional work program

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Transit and Rail Division, $112,500 through a cooperative agreement on August 26, 2026, to support the Eastern Plains Regional Work Program serving Southeast and Northeast regional transportation planning organizations for 2027 and 2028. The award funds State Planning and Research activities under CFDA 20.258, which establishes a cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive framework for making transportation investment decisions and carries out planning and research to develop and transfer transportation technologies and innovations. The agreement obligates $112,500 and runs through January 28, 2031, with place of performance in New Mexico. The State Planning and Research program requires states to set aside 2 percent of apportionments from core highway programs for planning and research, with at least 25 percent of those set-aside funds directed to research, development, and technology transfer activities. The federal cost share is 80 percent unless FHWA's Associate Administrator for Research, Development & Technology determines otherwise. Eligible activities include engineering and economic surveys, planning of future highway and public transportation programs, development of management systems and processes, and research and technology transfer necessary to support planning, design, construction, management, and maintenance of highway and transit systems.

Project description

Eastern plains regional work program supporting southeast and northeast regional transportation planning organizations 2027/2028