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City staff briefs committee on status of federal transportation grants
Summary
City staff summarized which federal grants have signed agreements and which remain pending review; signed agreements proceed, and pending awards without signed agreements are under federal review because of new administration priorities, but staff do not expect cancellations for awards with signed agreements.
City staff provided an update on the status of several federal transportation grants and answered committee questions about potential federal review and public engagement timelines.
Chris Fair listed grants with signed agreements and active work: an HSIP project for the Fourth/Cedar/Lookout roundabout (under construction), the Butler Avenue complete-street conversion (in design/environmental procurement), the “infra downtown mile” project including crossings near BNSF and Route 66, an ADOT Transportation Alternatives Safe Routes to School planning effort with MetroPlan and Mountain Line, a Federal Transit Administration first-mile/last-mile project, and the Safe Streets master plan (a $2.4 million award moving to procurement). Fair said these projects have signed agreements and the city should continue moving them forward.
Fair identified two pending awards that do not yet have signed agreements: a RAISE grant award for Butler Avenue and Fourth Street safety improvements (awarded but not yet obligated) and an HSIP award for Highway 89 street lights and retro-reflective back plates. Martin explained that the new federal administration issued executive orders directing a review of grants without signed agreements to ensure compliance with updated priorities; he said the city’s signed agreements and projects that have already been obligated are less likely to be affected. “Some of the projects are being reviewed, but we don't expect anything to happen,” Martin said, adding that projects without agreements are the ones under the review.
Staff also described the Safe Streets master plan schedule: agreements were finalized in December 2024, stakeholder interviews have been held, and procurement for plan services is expected in the next month or two; public participation activities are planned later in the process and will be circulated to PAC and BAC when available.
