The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $3,529,352 Formula Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (CFDA 20.218) to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) to improve commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety across the state. The grant funds will support a range of safety activities, including driver and vehicle inspections, traffic enforcement, carrier investigations, new entrant safety audits, data improvements, and participation in the...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) received a $1,164,621 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The grant project aims to: 1) Decrease commercial motor vehicle crashes in high-crash corridor areas by 5%; 2) Decrease statewide commercial motor vehicle large truck crashes by 5%; 3) Increase commercial motor vehicle traffic enforcement...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will receive $3.96 million in formula grant funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's State and Community Highway Safety Grant program (CFDA 20.600) over a four-year period from October 2021 through September 2025. The funding will support the department's Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division in administering the state's highway safety initiatives. As the designated State Highway Safety Office, the division will...
This $1,949,747 Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237), supports a range of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety initiatives by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and its Highway Patrol Division. Key activities include: Conducting at least 100 traffic enforcement details in high-risk CMV crash corridors, with MCSD troopers...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, received a $209,724.94 federal formula grant award under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600) administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The grant supports the state's approved triennial highway safety plan, which funds behavioral safety initiatives to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. Approved activities include...
The Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $722,532 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to decrease commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes in high-risk corridors through increased enforcement and inspections from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the grant, the Mississippi Highway Patrol will collect data on CMV traffic enforcement inspections, violations, and crashes in the identified corridors. This data...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, has received a $132,882.04 Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). This grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027, supports the state's alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures and other highway safety initiatives. Specifically, the funds will be used to implement evidence-based...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, through its Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, has received a $1,167,709.30 formula grant award under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600). The grant funding will support a range of behavioral highway safety initiatives across the state, including impaired driving prevention programs, occupant protection efforts to increase seatbelt usage, improvements to the...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, through its Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, has received a $158,482.96 federal Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). The grant funds will support the state's occupant protection programs consistent with federal regulations, as well as initiatives to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Mississippi. Specific...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will receive $587,656.78 through a Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The funding supports the National Priority Safety Programs' State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements program (CFDA 20.616) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety...