RTP admin. Funding for 2021-2022

This $265,587.50 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) will fund the administration of the RTP program in Louisiana for the 2021-2022 fiscal years. The award supports the state's ongoing efforts to develop, maintain, and enhance recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both motorized and non-motorized uses across Louisiana. The funding will allow the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) to effectively manage the program, including overseeing new project submissions and grant awards for the 2021 FHWA Recreational Trails Program cycle in the state. This grant is part of the FAST Act, which provides long-term funding certainty for surface transportation programs, including the Recreational Trails Program, from 2016 through 2021.

Project description

Scope: on december 4, 2015, president obama signed into law the fixing america's surface transportation act, or 'fast act' - the first federal law in over ten years to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation. The fast act authorizes fhwa's recreational trails program, as well as many other federal programs and budgetary expenditures, over fiscal years 2016 through 2020. The fast act was extended for one year by congressional continuing resolution and signature by president trump on october 1, 2020. The RTP administration for 2021- 22 is budgeted by dcrt along with the new projects being submitted for funding as the 2021 fhwa recreational trails program for louisiana grant awards.