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 the Transportation Cabinet, Kentucky $274,632.43 under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025, to conduct behavioral highway safety programs aligned with the state's approved Highway Safety Plan.

The recipient will implement countermeasure strategies and projects designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage across Kentucky. Funding supports the state's triennial Highway Safety Plan, which identifies problems, establishes performance measures, and specifies countermeasure strategies to guide project selection and execution. The award is a formula grant apportioned under statutory formula to state highway safety offices, with NHTSA providing continuous assistance to program participants.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Work is performed in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Transportation Cabinet, operating through its Division of Accounts, serves as Kentucky's principal state transportation agency and administers the federal highway safety grant portfolio for the Commonwealth.

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.