Uvalde SW Neighborhood Association helping City to obtain Federal DOT street repair planning grant

by Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian

11–05-24

Simon Ortiz with the Uvalde Southwest Neighborhood Association announced Tuesday night’s, November 4th meeting at El Progreso Memorial Library, the organization has assisted the City of Uvalde in applying for a United States Department of Transportation Street grant called “Safe Streets For All” which if approved, would net the City $311,000 toward funding a master plan for the City’s street repairs.  The City’s portion of the cost of the master plan creation would be $77,000.

Word on the grant approval from the Federal Government should arrive as early as next week.

Ortiz urged USWNA members to very aggressively identify problems in our areas.

According to the Safe Streets for All grant fact sheet it states. “The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Safe
Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program provides grants to local, regional, and Tribal communities for implementation, planning, and demonstration activities as part of a systematic approach to prevent deaths and serious injuries on the nation’s roadways.

The SS4A program funds two types of grants:
• Planning and Demonstration Grants for Comprehensive Safety Action Plans, including
supplemental safety planning and demonstration activities to inform an Action Plan. These can help
build a pipeline of projects for future funding.

• Implementation Grants to implement strategies or projects identified in an existing Action Plan.

SS4A is exclusively designed to help local communities. DOT offers extensive technical
assistance to potential applicants, especially first-time federal funding applicants.”

Ortiz also indicated that the City of Uvalde may also be able to apply for a larger implementation grant to help fund street repairs.

SS4A-Fact-Sheet-FY24