Competitive Construction Grant

If you applied for part 1 of the Competitive Construction Grant, click here to view your part 1 total score.

Review Construction & Education FAQs/Office Hours Here

Other Construction Grant Opportunities: learn more about Rapid Response Construction Grants. The Construction Technical Assistance grants closed on March 25th. Awardees will be notified in the next few weeks.

Eligible Entities:

For Competitive Construction Grant: tribes, cities, counties, and ODOT regions may apply.

• Competitive Construction Grant
  • combined competitive construction & rapid response one-pager

Timeline: 

• If you Applied for Part 1, you can now Apply for Part 2 May 6-July 31. You should have received an email from Xao on May 6, 2024, about how to access application Part 2. Please reach out to her directly if you haven’t received that email.
• Online office hours:  Xao is holding four online office hours on May 13, June 10, June 24, and July 15 from 3pm – 4:30pm. You can join here. Please note that these office hours are only for applicants who are currently working on a Part 2 application. Please email Xao directly if you have general questions regarding the Safe Routes to School construction program.

Application Process:

• Step 1: read the guidelines and watch the informational webinar (Correction to the webinar: low-income metric will be using Title1A data and not Free & Reduced Lunch data. Current Free & Reduced Lunch Percentages still include Free & Reduced Lunch for All percentages and do not accurately reflect income levels. ODOT staff have updated the Applicant Resource Tool with this low-income information.).
• Step 2: review the scoring matrix and fill out online application part 1 
• Step 3: fill out online application part 2 (opens May 6 – Access part 2 by using the unique link you received from Cognito via email on May 6. Reach out to Xao for any questions.)
  • School letter of support template 
  • Additional roadway authority signature template

Resources:

• Sign up to receive grant program updates
• Key design manuals:
  • • FHWA bicycle and pedestrian guide
    • Small town and rural multi-modal design guide
    • ODOT bicycle and pedestrian guide
    • ODOT pedestrian and bike program
    • ODOT blueprint for urban design
    • AASHTO bicycle and pedestrian guides (for purchase)
    • NACTO urban bikeway design
    • Pedestrian safety guide and countermeasure selection system and tool
• View the applicant map tool with school demographics (This data is pulled from specific ODE sources and not exhaustive of all Oregon schools. Please refer to your school district for any demographics missing on this map.)
• Past funded projects map
• SRTS Advisory Committee meetings
• Regional support contacts (on right side of page)

If you have additional questions, please contact Construction Program Manager, Xao Posadas, xao.posadas@odot.oregon.gov.