October 2, 2024

The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced that it will be hosting a webinar on the application process for the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) Safety Fund and Tribal High Priority Projects (HPP) Program.

The TTP Safety Fund offers grants for—

• Development and update of transportation safety plans;
• Data assessment, improvement, and analysis: identifying data needs, improving crash data collection, compiling other safety data, or conducting safety studies;
• Systemic Roadway Departure Countermeasures - streamlined access to specific low-cost safety improvements to address rural roadway departure crashes; and
• Infrastructure Improvements: Projects to address transportation safety needs on tribal transportation facilities.

The FHWA is also accepting applications for the Tribal HPP Program is a nationwide priority program modeled after the Indian Reservation Roads High Priority Projects Program (IRRHPP) and developed through negotiated rulemaking. The IRRHPP was formerly administered through regulations from 2005 through 2012. The FHWA Tribal HPP Program will provide nearly $9 million in Fiscal Year 2024 (with a federal cost-share match up to 100%) to:

1. An Indian Tribe or governmental subdivision of an Indian Tribe whose annual allocation of funding under the TTP is insufficient to complete the highest priority project of the Tribe; or
2. To any Indian Tribe that has an emergency or disaster occur on a Tribal transportation facility that renders the facility impassible or unusable.

Details regarding this upcoming application process webinar for the TTP Safety Fund and the Tribal HPP Program are as follows—

• Date/Time: Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET
• Click Here to Join the Webinar

For more information on the TTP Safety Fund, please click here, and for more information on the Tribal HPP Program, please click here.

For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.

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Established in 1969, the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization serving thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET is dedicated to enhancing the development of Tribal Nations, improving the capabilities of Tribal governments, and improving the quality of life for Indian people through a variety of technical and supportive programmatic services.

Established in 2014, the USET Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization advocating on behalf of thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET SPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting, and advancing the inherent sovereign rights and authorities of Tribal Nations and in assisting its membership in dealing effectively with public policy issues.