Project Grant NM2021016

The New Mexico Department of Transportation received a $769,745 Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration under the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research (CFDA 20.505) program. The grant supports statewide and metropolitan transportation planning activities from June 2021 through December 2025. Key planning products and services include $122,106 for statewide planning and administration by NMDOT, as well as subawards totaling $647,639 to metropolitan planning organizations and local governments for transportation improvement program development, long-range and short-range multimodal transportation planning, and special planning studies. Subrecipients include the Rio Metro Regional Transit District, the cities of Santa Fe and Farmington, the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the city of Las Cruces. The grant aims to help New Mexico plan and improve its multimodal transportation system through coordinated statewide and regional efforts.