Department: County Engineer
Department Head/Elected Official: Dr. Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the County Engineer for approval to submit an application to the United States Department of Transportation for grant funds in the amount of $22,782,018, with a required match of $5,695,505, for the FY 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program.
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Background and Discussion:
SS4A is a discretionary grant program providing up to $25 million per application for Fiscal Year 2024 in
dedicated funding to support regional and local projects and strategies that will prevent roadway deaths and
serious injuries in the applicant’s jurisdiction. The Harris County application is for roadway safety
improvements along various contiguous corridors throughout the four precincts. These continuous corridors are comprised of high-ranking segments in the Harris County High Injury Network (HIN). The project locations included in the County’s FY 2024 SS4A Implementation Grant Application are selected based on the corridors’ high number of fatalities and injuries and the high percent of population in DOT’s disadvantaged census tracts, which is an important application scoring criteria by DOT. The roadway safety improvements in the County’s proposed projects include raised medians, sidewalks on existing cross section, roadway reconfigurations, access management, continuous lighting, and intersection improvements.
Expected Impact:
The submission of this application will allow Harris County the opportunity to obtain $22,782,018 in federal
grant funding with a local match of $5,695,505 to design and construct roadway safety projects which will help
achieve the County’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes by 2030. The implementation of the proposed project will create safe roadways for pedestrians, bicyclists, and car drivers.
Alternative Options:
If the County does not apply for the SS4A Implementation Grant for FY 2024, the roadway safety project may
have to be implemented using full local funding.
Alignment with Goal(s):
X Justice and Safety
X Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
X Public Health
X Transportation
_ Flooding
X Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
USDOT FY2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Other P1-Bonds, P2-1070 Mobility, P3-Bonds, P4-Bonds |
$ |
$5,695,505 |
$5,695,505 |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
$5,695,505 |
$5,695,505 |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Grant |
$ |
$22,782,018 |
$22,782,018 |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$22,782,018 |
$22,782,018 |
$ |
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Total Funding Request |
$ |
$28,477,523 |
$28,477,523 |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: June 4, 2024
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): N/A
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Patrick Mandapaka, PhD, AICP, Director of Community Resilience and Transportation Planning, Harris County Engineering
Attachments (if applicable): Grants Support Letters - U.S. Rep. Morgan Luttrell, State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, State Rep. Lacey Hull, and State Rep. Hubert Vo, and the FY2024 SS4A NOFO, SS4A Project Corridor Maps