This week the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it was making $15 million available for grants to test alternative revenue mechanisms to address the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.
The program, known as the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grant program, was created in last year’s long-term highway & transit bill, the FAST Act, and is intended to fund state (or groups of states) pilot programs that test user-pays as an alternative Highway Trust Fund revenue mechanism – including mileage-based user fee pilot programs. AGC pushed hard for the measure during our successful reauthorization campaign last year as a way to ensure Congress addresses the program’s long-term funding needs. A link to FHWA’s press release can be found . Detailed information on the availability of funds can be found .
AGC and our coalition partners in the have been closely monitoring the STSFA and working with other stakeholders - including states - to ensure the success of this new program.
For more information, please contact Sean O’Neill at oneills@agc.org or (202) 547-8892.