Slater Announces $148M in Grants to States for Highway Safety
30 October 2000
U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces
$148 Million in Grants to States for Highway Safety
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced the award of state and community highway safety formula grants totaling $147.9 million to all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and to the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the Indian Nations.
"These grants will help improve safety and the quality of life in communities throughout America," President Clinton said. "They are an excellent example of how the federal and state governments can work together to advance highway safety."
The grants support planning to identify and quantify highway safety problems and to set goals and performance measures for highway safety improvements. They provide start-up or "seed" money for new programs, give new direction and support to existing safety programs and fund evaluations to determine progress in improving safety in program areas such as occupant protection, alcohol and other drug countermeasures, police traffic services, emergency medical services, traffic records, motorcycle safety, pedestrian and bicycle safety, speed control, and roadway safety.
"This long-standing program continues to fund new ideas and local approaches to safety, the Clinton-Gore administration's top transportation priority," said Secretary Slater.
The grant funds, authorized by Section 402 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, are provided each year according to a statutory formula based on population and road mileage. At least 40 percent of these funds must be used for local and community projects. Current law authorizes $932.5 million over six years, fiscal years 1998 through 2003.
The program is a performance-based partnership between the federal government and the states. The governor of each state is designated to receive Section 402 funds.
State and Community Highway Safety Program Grants
| Alabama | $2,568,003 |
| Alaska | $739,510 |
| American Samoa | $369,755 |
| Arizona | $2,050,079 |
| Arkansas | $1,878,665 |
| California | $14,168,459 |
| Colorado | $2,168,526 |
| Connecticut | $1,586,085 |
| Delaware | $739,510 |
| District of Columbia | $739,510 |
| Florida | $6,550,002 |
| Georgia | $3,782,279 |
| Guam | $369,755 |
| Hawaii | $739,510 |
| Idaho | $840,365 |
| Illinois | $6,109,178 |
| Indiana | $3,202,138 |
| Iowa | $2,198,022 |
| Kansas | $2,260,329 |
| Kentucky | $2,235,624 |
| Louisiana | $2,343,395 |
| Maine | $739,510 |
| Maryland | $2,307,881 |
| Massachusetts | $2,877,939 |
| Michigan | $5,051,671 |
| Minnesota | $3,050,206 |
| Mississippi | $1,755,122 |
| Missouri | $3,283,458 |
| Montana | $967,169 |
| N. Marianas | $369,755 |
| Nebraska | $1,507,049 |
| Nevada | $834,577 |
| New Hampshire | $739,510 |
| New Jersey | $3,613,402 |
| New Mexico | $1,184,119 |
| New York | $8,670,617 |
| North Carolina | $3,714,743 |
| North Dakota | $1,051,563 |
| Ohio | $5,663,912 |
| Oklahoma | $2,351,514 |
| Oregon | $1,812,198 |
| Pennsylvania | $6,131,295 |
| Puerto Rico | $1,631,899 |
| Rhode Island | $739,510 |
| South Carolina | $2,068,145 |
| South Dakota | $1,047,074 |
| Tennessee | $2,861,150 |
| Texas | $9,934,325 |
| Tribal Nations | $1,109,265 |
| Utah | $1,106,409 |
| Vermont | $739,510 |
| Virgin Islands | $369,755 |
| Virginia | $3,266,337 |
| Washington | $2,793,554 |
| West Virginia | $1,090,431 |
| Wisconsin | $3,089,217 |
| Wyoming | $739,510 |
| Total | $147,902,000 |
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