The Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has issued a call to regional entities to submit applications for projects that could be covered by the next round of federal funding.<\/p>\n
On July 10, the Corpus Christi MPO issued a Call-for-Projects for federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Set Aside (STBG-SA) Program projects, according to a news release. The ideal projects for these types of funding are bicycle and pedestrian projects, the release added.<\/p>\n
The news release said the total amount of funds available for the project call is at least $6.6 million for federal FY 2027-2030, according to the organization.<\/p>\n
Entities eligible to apply for funding are local governments, natural resource or public land agencies including federal agencies, school districts, local education agencies, or schools, regional transportation authorities, transit agencies, tribal governments, and any other local or regional governmental entity. According to the Corpus Christi MPO, examples of eligible bicycle and pedestrian projects are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 New or reconstructed sidewalks or walkways<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pedestrian and bicycle signs or signals<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lighting that primarily benefits cyclists and pedestrians<\/p>\n
\u2022 Transportation projects that achieve ADA compliance, such as curb ramps<\/p>\n
\u2022 New or reconstructed off\u2010road trails that serve a transportation or recreational need, such<\/p>\n
as trails that provide connections to schools, parks, or other public places<\/p>\n
\u2022 Crosswalks, bicycle lanes or shared lane pavement markings<\/p>\n
\u2022 Widening or paving shoulders<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bicycle parking facilities, such as bicycle lockers and bicycle racks (including those on buses)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Shared use paths, side paths, and trails that serve a transportation purpose<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bicycle and pedestrian bridges and underpasses<\/p>\n
\u2022 Crossing improvements that shorten crossing distance, provide access, and\/or primarily<\/p>\n
improve bicycle and pedestrian safety<\/p>\n
\u2022 Traffic realignments, road diets, or intersection changes that improve bicycle and pedestrian<\/p>\n
access or safety<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rails with trails projects, which are adjacent to active (not abandoned) lines<\/p>\n
The local Transportation Policy Committee board members are Nueces County Judge Connie Scott (chair), Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo (vice-chair), San Patricio County Judge David Krebs, Portland Mayor John Green, Gregory Mayor Estella Boyes, Port of Corpus Christi commission chairman Gabe Guerra, Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority Board Chairman Art Granado, and TxDOT-Corpus Christi District Engineer Mike Walsh.<\/p>\n
The preliminary application submittal deadline is Aug. 7, and the deadline for complete project application submittal is Sept. 21.<\/p>\n
\u201cBicycle and pedestrian projects allow communities to make non\u2010motorized transportation safe, convenient, and appealing. Projects may include on\u2010road and off\u2010road trail facilities that serve to meet the transportation and recreation needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and users of other non\u2010motorized forms of transportation,\u201d the MPO said in an email blast. \u201cThese active transportation projects encourage healthful physical activity, keep the air clean by decreasing use of fossil fuels, and enrich local economies with recreational assets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Applicants are required to attend at least one of two scheduled mandatory upcoming workshops, which will be held at 602 N. Staples St. Room 324 in Corpus Christi. The first workshop was scheduled for 10 a.m. on July 23, and the second workshop is set to take place at 10 a.m. Aug. 10. There will be a virtual option for the Aug. 10 workshop.<\/p>\n
For more information or with any questions about the call for projects, interested parties can go online to https:\/\/www.corpuschristi-mpo.org\/05_projects_stbg-sa.html<\/a>. They can also contact the Corpus Christi MPO (ccmpo@cctxmpo.us), Keren Costanzo at kcostanzo@cctxmpo.us<\/a>, or Robert MacDonald at rmacdonald@cctxmpo.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has issued a call to regional entities to submit applications for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[37566,155,157,156,51818,23365,223,37567,16197,37565],"class_list":["post-372829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-beeville_bee_picayune","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-goliad_advance_guard","tag-karnes_countywide","tag-news","tag-refugio_county_press","tag-rockport_pilot","tag-san_patricio_county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}