Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart B to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved triennial highway…

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has been awarded a $668,391.84 Formula Grant under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600). The grant will fund PennDOT's implementation of behavioral highway safety initiatives in Pennsylvania over the 4-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027. This Formula Grant supports PennDOT's approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan, which details problem identification, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies to reduce traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities in the state. PennDOT will use the funds to conduct a coordinated set of programs and projects focused on areas such as occupant protection, impaired driving prevention, traffic records improvements, and non-motorized safety enhancements. PennDOT may sub-award portions of the grant to local government partners for targeted safety interventions within their communities.

Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart B to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved triennial highway safety plan. Section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. A state may use these grant funds only for behavioral highway safety purposes. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.