The Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration awarded $100,000 to The Center For Rural Development, Inc. under the Technical Assistance Grants program (CFDA 20.710) to provide technical assistance related to pipeline safety issues in Somerset, Kentucky from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. As part of the project, The Center For Rural Development, Inc. will deliver "Pipeline Security for Rural Communities" courses through a...
The Kentucky Department of Public Protection received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to support the state's damage prevention program. Funded under the State Damage Prevention Program Grants (CFDA 20.720), the award will promote pipeline safety in Kentucky through September 2022. Activities may include partner and stakeholder education, training, enforcement of excavation damage prevention laws, and technical support to foster...
This $100,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Technical Assistance Grants (CFDA 20.710) program. The grant provides funding to the non-profit organization Sharedgeo located in St. Paul, MN for technical assistance related to local pipeline safety issues. The grant supports a range of activities designed to enhance public understanding and participation in pipeline safety operations, such as engineering analysis, scientific...
The Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Technical Assistance Grants (CFDA 20.710) program to the Damage Prevention Council of Texas, a non-profit organization. The grant is intended to provide technical assistance related to local pipeline safety issues, with project activities ranging from public awareness campaigns to developing technology solutions. The award period is from September 30,...
The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to the Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on August 27, 2023. The grant funding will support local technical assistance to be provided by the Technology Exchange Unit at the University of Kentucky Transportation Center during Fiscal Year 2023. The grant is part of the Highway Training and Education assistance program (CFDA 20.215), which encompasses transportation training and education...
The Center for Rural Development, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration under the Technical Assistance Grants program (CFDA 20.710). The grant will support delivering an eight-hour pipeline security course to 11 rural communities in Somerset, Kentucky between September 30th, 2022 and September 29th, 2023. The course aims to teach pipeline safety and security, mitigation, response, and recovery to...
This $420,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Training and Education program (CFDA 20.215) will provide statewide local technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Technology Exchange Unit at the University of Kentucky Transportation Center. The funding, awarded on February 5, 2025, will support the delivery of transportation-related training, technical assistance, and educational resources to state and local...
The City of Leitchfield, Kentucky has been awarded a $684,039 Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under CFDA program 20.708. The grant funds will be used by the Leitchfield Utilities Commission to repair, rehabilitate, or replace the municipality's natural gas distribution pipeline system, as well as acquire related equipment. The primary...
The Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky received a $390,734 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on August 27, 2023. The grant will fund the restoration of storm-damaged roadways on KY 1056 at multiple mile markers in Pike County, Kentucky. Key activities include repairing and restoring the roadway infrastructure impacted by the storm damage. As a U.S. state...
This $1,020,500 federal Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) supports four key objectives: Updating Kentucky's systems to integrate with FMCSA's modernized Safety and Fitness Electronic Records (SAFER) interfaces, enabling seamless data exchange for real-time transactions and baseline/delta data. Rewriting the Kentucky...