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 highway safety…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded $974,425 to the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Office of Highway Engineering Division (doing business as the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works) on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety Grant program (CFDA 20.600, 23 U.S.C. § 402). The award funds behavioral highway safety programs under the territory's approved Highway Safety Plan, including countermeasure strategies and projects designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. Performance location is Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2029. Section 402 funding is apportioned to State and Territorial Highway Safety Offices using statutory formula and requires an approved triennial Highway Safety Plan identifying problem areas, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies, along with an approved annual grant application detailing specific projects. This is a formula grant assistance type.

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 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.