up to $2M for Planning, $5-$100M for Capital Construction
Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, available through the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and US DOT, makes awards on a competitive basis for projects that reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development.
Additional Information:
Planning Grants fund the study of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating an existing facility to restore community connectivity; public engagement; and other transportation planning activities. Capital Construction Grants fund a project to remove, retrofit, mitigate, or to replace an existing eligible facility with a new facility that reconnects communities.
Funding Agencies:
US Department of Transportation
Frequency Details:
Annually since FY22
Match Requirement:
20% for Community Planning Grants, 50% for Captial Construction Grants
New York State
Connecticut State
Nature-based Solutions
Economic Impacts
Environmental Justice
Infrastructure
Planning
Recreation & Access
Community Engagement
Green Infrastructure
