Award and purpose: $1,188,443 awarded to upper valley lake sunapee regional planning commission for the purpose of providing capacity building technical assistance for the thriving communities…

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $1,188,443 Cooperative Agreement to the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC) under the Thriving Communities Program Capacity Builders Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 20.942). This funding will provide technical assistance and capacity building support to enable disadvantaged and under-resourced communities in the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee region of New Hampshire and Vermont to advance a pipeline of transformative infrastructure projects, particularly in the transportation and community revitalization sectors. Key activities include facilitating planning and development, providing tools to access Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding, and enhancing mobility, reducing transportation pollution, and expanding affordable transportation options. The award has a performance period from June 2024 to June 2027.

Activities

Technical assistance, and capacity building support to enable disadvantaged and under-resourced communities to advance a pipeline of transformative infrastructure projects in the upper valley lake sunapee regional cohort.

Expected outcomes

Facilitation of the planning and development of transportation and community revitalization activities and provide tools to ensure that the upper valley lake sunapee regional cohort can access the funding provided in the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL).

Intended beneficiaries

Commuters in acworth, charlestown, enfield, goshen, lebanon, lempster, orford and plainfield in new hampshire and bethel, granville, hancock, hartford, hartland, and royalton in vermont. "