Section 405(D) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.23; 23 U.S.C. § 405(D)) ― grant to support certain costs of state impaired driving countermeasures programs consistent with 23…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation $434,467 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(d) Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs) to support state impaired driving countermeasures consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.23(j). The funding supports costs of Pennsylvania's impaired driving countermeasures programs, including adoption and enforcement of mandatory alcohol-ignition interlock laws and 24/7 sobriety programs, designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes. Work is performed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, a state agency and subsidiary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, received the award as a formula recipient based on an approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan and Annual Grant Application detailing problem identification, public participation, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies. The formula grant was apportioned using the statutory apportionment formula established under 23 U.S.C. 405(d) for qualifying states meeting statutory requirements.

Section 405(D) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.23; 23 U.S.C. § 405(D)) ― grant to support certain costs of state impaired driving countermeasures programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.23(J). 405(D) funding is used for impaired driving countermeasures. Qualifying states must meet statutory requirements and can also receive funding for adoption and enforcement a mandatory alcohol-ignition interlock laws and 24/7 sobriety programs. 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.