Project Grant 693JJ32340529

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. The grant funding will support the development of an Action Plan to improve roadway safety and reduce fatalities and serious injuries in the Des Moines metropolitan area. Additionally, the MPO received a $15.6 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration for the Des Moines Transload Facility Project. The MPO also receives subawards from the Iowa Department of Transportation's Consolidated Planning Grant program, which provides funding from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to support multimodal transportation planning activities for Iowa's metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning affiliations.