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Title
Approve a resolution in support and concurrence of Travis County's grant application to the United States Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2026 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program for road safety improvement projects; and authorizing the submittal of City of Austin projects, as a partner applicant, for funding to improve road intersection safety investments in post-crash care and emergency medical response systems. Funding: If successful and the grant application and funds are awarded, staff will return to Council to seek authorization to accept and appropriate funding as a grant subrecipient and identify the funding source.
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Lead Department
Austin Transportation and Public Works
Fiscal Note
Funding: If successful and the grant application and funds are awarded, staff will return to Council to seek authorization to accept and appropriate funding as a grant subrecipient and identify the funding source. This item has no fiscal impact.
Prior Council Action:
July 28, 2022 - Resolution No. 20220728-086, authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application for an Implementation Grant for the Fiscal Year 2022 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program was approved on a 10-0 vote with Council Member Fuentes off the dais.
June 1, 2023 - Resolution No. 20230601-042, authorizing the submittal of an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2023 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program for an implementation grant to improve road safety was approved on a 10-0 vote with Council Member Harper Madison off the dais.
May 5, 2024 - Resolution No. 20240502-059, to authorize the submittal of an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program for an implementation grant to improve road safety was approved on an 11-0 vote.
June 5, 2025 - Resolution No. 202506...
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