Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today announced Federal grant funding is available to upgrade road safety across Georgia through the bipartisan infrastructure law.
The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, offers funding to local governments and metropolitan planning organizations for local street safety projects through a competitive U.S. Department of Transportation grant process.
A broad variety of projects are eligible for grant funding, including projects to protect pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and commercial vehicle operators; and to improve the safety of personal and public transportation.
“Our bipartisan infrastructure law will continue to deliver long-overdue upgrades to Georgia’s infrastructure for years to come,” Sen. Ossoff said. “I encourage Georgia communities to contact me and my office with any questions about this grant opportunity.”
Applications can be submitted online here. For more information and grant program overview, prospective applicants can also click here.
Planning and demonstration grant applications have three deadlines: Thursday, April 4; Thursday, May 16; and Thursday, August 29. Applicants may apply for planning and demonstration funding during any of the three application rounds. Applications not received by the first or second deadline will be rolled over to the next submission deadline. All Planning and Demonstration Grant applications must be submitted prior to the final deadline on August 29, 2024.
All implementation grant applications are due by May 16, 2024, at 5 p.m. ET.
Since passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, Sen. Ossoff has previously delivered Safe Streets and Roads for All grant funding for key projects across the State of Georgia. For example, in the last two years alone, Sen. Ossoff has delivered:
- $30 million for the City of Atlanta to make pedestrian and bike improvements along Pryor Street and Central Avenue to connect the BeltLine’s Southside Trail with neighborhoods across south Atlanta and improve passenger and pedestrian safety.
- $1 million for the City of Milton to develop an ADA transition plan, conduct road safety audits of two key corridors identified in the City’s Local Road Safety Plan, and to pilot traffic calming devices at several of the City’s single-lane roundabouts.
- $1 million for the City of Columbus to improve safety on South Lumpkin Road with the installation of sidewalks for pedestrians.
- $800,000 for DeKalb County to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for Unincorporated DeKalb County, and to conduct demonstration activities at up to 5 locations such as low-cost quick build projects to connect gaps in the cycling network.
- $240,000 for the City of Valdosta to develop a comprehensive Safety Action Plan and create a safer, walkable community.
- $210,400 for Albany-Dougherty County to develop a comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
- $200,000 for Chatham County to develop a comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
- $72,000 for the City of Leesburg to develop a Transportation Safety Action Plan.
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