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LCCOM Members and Transportation Partners,

We are sharing information below that may be of interest to you.  As always, if you have any questions on Council activities please feel free to contact us. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Emily Karry and Mike Klemens Council Liaisons

News and Information

IDOT Circular Letter on Local Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Safety Program (Section 130 Funds)

IDOT has released a Circular Letter to provide information on the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Local Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Safety Program. IDOT is now accepting applications for the Fiscal Year 2021 and 2022 Program. Click here to view the Circular Letter.

IDOT Circular Letter on USDOT Funding Opportunity for Roadway Safety Tools

IDOT has released a Circular Letter to provide information on the recently announced USDOT Notice of Funding Opportunity for Roadway Safety Tools. This opportunity makes available funding to develop, refine, and deploy safety tools that address specific roadway safety problems. Click here to view the Circular Letter.

Surface Transportation Program (STP) – Shared Fund Update  

At their November 21^st meeting, the STP Project Selection Committee concurred with CMAP Staff’s recommendation to not implement rolling focus for the 2021 Shared Fund call for projects.  Additional discussions regarding eligible project types will occur as part of “lessons learned” discussions in early 2020.  The committee also determined that for the 2021 STP Shared Fund call for projects cycle, the deadline for projects to have Phase 1 Engineering (or equivalent) substantially complete will be the same date as the application deadline in March 2021, as opposed to June 1, 2021.  To help facilitate a consistently applied definition of substantially complete, additional application materials will be developed. Please note that this Phase 1 Engineering requirement does not apply to the upcoming 2020 LCCOM local call for projects. 

Also, the STP Shared Fund Contingency Program of projects has been posted on CMAP's website here.

IDOT - Project Program Information (PPI) Form

IDOT District 1 has updated their PPI Form. The current version of the form can be found on the IDOT website under District 1 forms. Click here for the updated form.  

Federal Highway Funding Cut Averted

Last week, Congress passed and the President signed into law a bill that cancels an impending cut of $7.6 billion in federal highway funds. If the previously scheduled rescission had gone into effect, Illinois would have been subject to a $452 million cut on July 1, 2020, across a number of important programs for road, bridge, bicycle/pedestrian, planning, and research projects.