Polk county MPO FY 2026/2027-2027/2028 upwp ; transportation planning; planning

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the State of Florida Department of Transportation $299,530 on June 22, 2026, for the Polk County Metropolitan Planning Organization's Fiscal Years 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 Unified Planning Work Program under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research program (CFDA 20.505). The award funds transportation planning activities in Polk County, Florida, with performance through June 30, 2028.

FDOT is the primary recipient and administers the award as a pass-through entity. The agency sub-awarded $299,530 to Polk County on June 23, 2026, the day after the initial award, for identical planning work. Polk County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida headquartered in Bartow, received the sub-award as the ultimate recipient responsible for executing the Unified Planning Work Program activities.

The Metropolitan Transportation Planning program provides assistance to states and Metropolitan Planning Organizations to support transportation planning in urbanized areas, with emphasis on public participation in project selection and system design. Funding allocated under this formula program flows from the Federal Highway Administration through state administering agencies to MPOs within their jurisdictions for planning activities that support development of metropolitan transportation improvement programs and long-range transportation plans.