Does your community desire to build pedestrian
or bicycle facilities, provide urban beautification,
or rehabilitate a train depot? The Arizona Department
of Transportation (ADOT) and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) shares your interest in such
enhancements and many more!
The
Transportation Enhancement (TE) program was developed
to enhance surface transportation activities by
developing projects that go above and beyond what
transportation departments typically do.
This Web site is intended to guide
sponsors through the funding application and project
development process. The needed guidance to apply
for and develop an enhancement project is available
on this web site.
The estimated annual TE funds
available to Arizona are currently about $12 million
per year. The ADOT Transportation Enhancement and
Scenic Roads Section administers this federally
funded program through the FHWA.
Additional guidance is available
in the:
The application cycle for the Round
17 Year has begun. To apply for a TE project, the
Round 17 Project
Application is required.
The TE program was made possible by Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), reauthorized
in 1998 under the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (TEA-21), and SAFETEA-LU re-authorization
by the current U.S. congressional session.
Documents are posted as they become
available in PDF format, which requires Adobe
Reader to view.