Lake sumter urban area FY 2024/2025-2025/2026 upwp; transportation planning; planning

This $200,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction Program (CFDA 20.205) will support transportation planning activities for the Lake Sumter Urban Area in Florida over the FY 2024/2025 to 2025/2026 period. The grant recipient, the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), will sub-award a portion of the funds to the Lake Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization to carry out regional transportation planning, including data collection, public outreach, and the development of long-range plans, short-range programs, and transportation improvement programs for highways, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians in the Lake Sumter area. This federal funding will enable critical transportation planning efforts to maintain and modernize the region's multimodal transportation network.