OAR 737-025-0091
Eligible Entities, Projects, and Activities for Infrastructure Grants

(1) For the Rapid Response and Competitive Grant Programs:
(a) Eligible entities include: ODOT, cities, counties, transit district, tribes and any eligible road authority as defined under ORS 810.010 (Jurisdiction over highways).
(b) Eligible projects must:
(A) Be within one mile of a public school.
(B) Provide safety improvements that reduce barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to and from school including but not limited to: creation of or improvements to sidewalks or bikeways, reductions in vehicle speeds, and improvements to pedestrian and bicycle crossings.
(C) Fit within in a plan developed pursuant to ORS 195.115 (Reducing barriers for pedestrian and bicycle access to schools). Plans may include but are not limited to: a Safe Route to School Action Plan or Safe Route to School Infrastructure Plan (OAR 737-025-0060 (Safe Routes to School Action Plan and Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Plan)), Transportation System Plan, or other locally adopted plan.
(D) Be approved by the roadway authority (governing body).
(E) Include, in the application materials, a letter of support from the school district or impacted school.
(F) Provide a cash match of at least 40 percent of the total project’s costs; or
(G) For the Competitive Program the OTC may reduce the Cash Match requirement to at least 20 percent of the total project’s costs and for the Rapid Response Program the ODOT Director may reduce the Cash Match to at least 20 percent of the total project’s costs when one or more of the following conditions apply:
(i) The school is located in a city with a population of 5,000 or fewer;
(ii) The project reduces hazards within a Priority Safety Corridor; or
(iii) The school site qualifies as a Title I School.
(H) Project built with funds received from a past ODOT Safe Routes to School grant may not be considered Cash Match and project expenditures can only be used as Cash Match once. The Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee may increase ability of applicants to claim project expenditures as Cash Match up to 120 months before the application is submitted when one or more of the following conditions apply.
(i) The school is located in a city with a population of 5,000 or fewer;
(ii) The project reduces hazards within a Priority Safety Corridor; or
(iii) The school site qualifies as a Title I School.
(2) For the Project Identification Grant Program:
(a) Eligible entities include ODOT.
(b) ODOT must provide a cash match of at least 40 percent of the total grant award.
(c) ODOT or its consultants must use the grant award to provide technical assistance to cities, counties, tribes, school districts, or any public-funded agency in support of identifying infrastructure projects that reduce barriers and hazards of children biking or walking to school.

Source: Rule 737-025-0091 — Eligible Entities, Projects, and Activities for Infrastructure Grants, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=737-025-0091.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 737-025-0091’s source at or​.us