20.816: America’s Marine Highway Grants

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Maritime Administration (MARAD) [DOT]

July 26, 2022

July 26, 2022

Mitigate landside congestion, expand transportation options, and realize public benefit and external cost savings by awarding Marine Highway grants to qualified applicants to implement designated Marine Highway projects.

B - Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)

Grant applicants must be public agencies at the state, regional or local level including, but not limited to, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, State governments (including State Departments of Transportation) and port authorities. They must also have had their projects for which they are requesting funds be designated as “Marine Highway Projects” by the Secretary of Transportation under America’s Marine Highway Program (110th Congress, Public Law 110-140). In order to receive a grant under this program, applicants must submit an application to the Secretary and demonstrate that the project is financially viable, the funds will be spent efficiently and effectively, and that a market exists for the services of the proposed project as evidenced by contracts or written statements of intent from potential customers. An applicant shall provide at least 20 percent of the project costs from non-Federal sources. In awarding grants under the program, the Secretary shall give a preference to those projects or components that present the most financially viable transportation services and require the lowest percentage Federal share of the costs.' Eligible applicants include those entities defined within OMB 2 CFR 200 excluding Federal agencies due to matching-fund regulatory requirements.

Eligible beneficiaries include those entities defined in OMB 2CFR 200.

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