This action approves an award in the amount of $1,031,730 to support north central regional planning commission smart grant program

The Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary has awarded a $1,031,730 Project Grant (CFDA 20.941 - Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program) to the North Central Regional Planning Commission to prototype a GIS-based platform that integrates local infrastructure assets in Kansas. This 18-month project will involve drone-based data collection, conditional evaluation, and development of a pilot GIS system for counties' asset management. The expected outcome is improved monitoring of bridges in the state of Kansas. The North Central Regional Planning Commission, a U.S. local government planning commission, will deliver these services directly without any sub-award activities.

The purpose of this award is to prototype a GIS-based platform that integrates local infrastructure assets to provide innovative data, monitor asset conditions, and inform technological solutions in kansas. The activities to be performed include, kickoff, planning and partnership building; drone-based data collection, conditional evaluation, and prototype development; pilot GIS system platform development for counties' asset management; workforce development, project evaluation, and recommendations. The expected outcome is that this project will umber of bridges inspected and monitored annually; improved the number of bridges inspected and monitored annually. The intended beneficiaries will be the residents of the state of kansas. There are no subaward activities in this project.