Formula Grant SC2025020

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) provides $499,008.00 to the Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments (WRCOG), doing business as the Grand Strand Area Transportation Study (GSATS), to support transportation planning activities in the GSATS bi-state metropolitan planning organization (MPO) region. The grant funds will be used to develop and maintain key planning documents such as the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), Public Participation Plan (PPP), and Congestion Management Process (CMP). Additionally, the grant will support implementation of recommendations from the Coast RTA organizational plan, including updating the human service transportation plan and developing a transit development plan. The intended outcomes include increased public engagement, project identification for multimodal transportation needs, and expanded services to benefit the growing regional population.