Planning grant for the county of park, CO under the reconnecting communities program

The Federal Highway Administration awarded County of Park, Colorado a $1.2 million planning grant on April 15, 2026, under the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (CFDA 20.940) to fund feasibility studies, traffic modeling, economic analyses, community engagement, and preliminary engineering assessments of transportation barriers dividing Park County communities.

The award period runs through June 30, 2029, and performance occurs in Colorado. The planning work addresses removal or retrofitting of highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to connectivity, mobility, access, or economic development, with deliverables aligned to federal merit criteria including equity and justice, access, facility suitability, community engagement and stewardship, equitable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation, workforce development and economic opportunity, and planning integration. County of Park, a unit of local government headquartered in Fairplay, Colorado, receives the award as a prime recipient and operates in the grant space exclusively, without federal contracts. The county's federal grant footprint spans transportation infrastructure planning, heritage area management, public health, social services administration, and emergency management, with 80 percent of recent awards flowing through state pass-through mechanisms as a sub-recipient of Colorado state agencies.