Funding Sources
As a Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Fayetteville Area MPO directs several funding sources allocated from the federal government and state. This funding can be used to finance the planning, programming, and construction of transportation projects in the Fayetteville Area. The following page provides information on the FAST Act and links to the FHWA website for further information on these funding opportunities.
The Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO), as a Transportation Management Area (TMA), receives a direct attributable (DA) annually from FHWA, referred to as the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program Direct Attributable (STBG-DA). The Surface Transportation Block Program (STBGP) derives from the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) and has the most flexible eligibilities among all Federal-aid highway programs. Each state is apportioned STBG funds and a sub-allocation of direct funds goes to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) that are TMAs, MPOs with a population of more than 200,000. The allocation of funds to MPOs is based on their relative share of the population or per capita population.
Along with the DA allocation, the FAST Act sets aside funds for the Transportation Alternatives—Direct Attributable (TA-DA) program. This program replaces the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP-DA) that was in place under MAP-21. These set-aside funds, like the previous TAP grants, are for non-highway projects such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, safe routes to school projects, community improvements, and environmental mitigation projects.
