FFY 25/26 fast planning upwp

This federal Formula Grant award of $127,065.70 was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The grant supports the development of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Planning Area's Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), which identifies all transportation planning and air quality planning activities within the region, regardless of funding source. The UPWP delineates tasks for which the grantee, the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, is seeking federal assistance from the FHWA and Federal Transit Administration. This grant award, dated September 18, 2024, will fund comprehensive transportation planning initiatives in the Fairbanks metropolitan area, such as highway and bridge construction planning, traffic signal upgrades, pedestrian infrastructure improvements, data analytics, and studies on transit access and complete streets.

Project description

The unified planning work program (UPWP) identifies all transportation planning and/or air quality planning or programming activities within the fairbanks, alaska, metropolitan planning area, regardless of funding source. IT delineates tasks for which federal assistance is sought from the federal highway administration (FHWA) and the federal transit administration (FTA) of the U.S. Department of transportation.fairbanks metropolitan planning area