Section 405(c) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.22; 23 U.S.C. § 405(c)) ― grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness,…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands Office of Highway Engineering Division $133,753.51 on October 1, 2025, under the National Priority Safety Programs formula grant (CFDA 20.616), Section 405(c) State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant.

The funding supports improvements to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases. Work is performed in Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI, with a period of performance through September 30, 2029.

The recipient, doing business as the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works, manages transportation infrastructure across the U.S. Virgin Islands territory and administers federal transportation grant awards. Eligible states and territories receiving Section 405(c) funding must maintain a Traffic Records Coordinating Committee with a designated coordinator and an approved state traffic records strategic plan, and must demonstrate quantitative measurable progress on program attributes. The grant funds are apportioned using statutory formula and provided based on an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application detailing countermeasure strategies to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities from motor vehicle crashes.

Section 405(c) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.22; 23 U.S.C. § 405(c)) ― grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.22(d). Section 405(c) funding is avialable for state traffic safety information system improvements. Qualifying states are those that have a traffic records coordinating committee (trcc); designated trcc coordinator; and an approved state traffic records strategic plan. 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.