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DOT details flexible transportation fund, project selection, and grant strategy
Summary
Department of Transportation officials described the 2023–25 flexible transportation fund program, how projects were scored and selected, distributions required by recent legislation, and the department’s federal grant activity and construction plans.
Ron Henke of the Department of Transportation described how the flexible transportation fund was structured for the 2023–25 biennium and how the department plans to operate the fund in 2025–27. He said the 2023–25 flexible fund totaled $222,500,000 and described the department’s selection criteria and scoring process for applications.
Henke said the department received 264 applications requesting roughly $432,300,000 and that the program included a statutorily required set‑aside of 25 percent of a motor‑vehicle‑excise‑tax portion for non‑oil producing counties and townships. “We started in December of ’23. We started awarding in April,” Henke explained, describing a committee that scored projects (county, city, township and industry representatives plus DOT members) and recommended ranked lists to the DOT director for final approval.
Henke said the department selected 44…
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