Opportunity Information: Apply for NSFHP 17 FASTLANE17
The FASTLANE Grants opportunity is a U.S. Department of Transportation discretionary grant program created under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act). Under the FAST Act, the program is formally known as the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (NSFHP) program, and it is aimed at providing federal financial assistance for freight and highway projects that are considered nationally or regionally significant. DOT also uses the name FASTLANE, short for Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies, to describe these NSFHP awards.
For the funding period described, the notice is specifically soliciting applications for fiscal year 2017 FASTLANE/NSFHP grants. Congress authorized a total of $4.5 billion for the NSFHP program across fiscal years 2016 through 2020, and the opportunity highlights that $850 million was available for award in FY 2017 at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. In practical terms, this means applicants were competing for a limited pool of competitive, merit-based transportation infrastructure funding intended to advance major freight and highway improvements with broad public benefit beyond a single local area.
Eligibility is intentionally broad but focused on public-sector transportation actors and partnerships. Eligible applicants include: states (or groups of states); metropolitan planning organizations serving an urbanized area with more than 200,000 people; local governments (or groups of local governments); political subdivisions of a state or local government; special purpose districts or public authorities with transportation functions (including port authorities); federal land management agencies, but only when applying jointly with a state or group of states; tribal governments or consortia of tribal governments; and multi-state or multi-jurisdictional groups of public entities. The program also allows joint applications, which is important for large freight and highway projects that cross boundaries or require coordinated delivery. When submitting jointly, the partners must name a lead applicant to serve as the primary point of contact, every participating entity must independently meet the definition of an eligible applicant, and the application must clearly lay out each partner's roles and responsibilities. Joint applications also must be signed by each participating applicant, reinforcing that all parties are formally committed.
Key administrative details included in the source data are that this was a discretionary grant (not a formula allocation), the funding instrument was a grant, and the activity area is transportation (CFDA 20.934). The opportunity was published under the title "FASTLANE Grants" with funding opportunity number "NSFHP 17 FASTLANE17." The posting indicates a creation date of November 14, 2016, and an original application closing date of December 15, 2016. The listed award ceiling is $750,000,000, signaling that very large awards were possible for major projects, consistent with the program's focus on nationally and regionally significant freight and highway initiatives.Apply for NSFHP 17 FASTLANE17
- The Department of Transportation in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FASTLANE Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.934.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-11-14.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-12-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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