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FFY 2021 FTA Formula Grant Distribution
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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Each year, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) apportions formula grant funding for use within the Raleigh Urbanized Area (UZA). The Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 FTA Section 5307, 5340, and 5339 formula apportionments to the Raleigh Urbanized Area (UZA) were released in January. The City of Raleigh is the federally recognized designated recipient of these funds and has worked with CAMPO to coordinate with GoTriangle, GoCary, Wake County, and North Carolina State University to develop the sub-allocation of these funding sources based on the most current CAMPO-approved Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the distribution of Section 5307, 5340, and 5339 funding among the City of Raleigh, GoTriangle, Town of Cary, and Wake County.
In January, additional formula funding was made available by the FTA through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA). CAMPO and the City of Raleigh coordinated with the eligible recipients of the funding and determined that this funding source should be allocated in the same manner and using the same formula as the formula used to sub-allocate Section 5307 funds. In keeping with our adopted MOU, the CRRSAA funds are allocated to recipients using the same proportional shares the recipients will receive from the FFY 2021 Section 5307 apportionment.
Per FTA policy, the MPO must concur with the sub-allocation of UZA federal formula transit grants and the programming of projects that will make use of the funding and request that FTA disburse the requested funds to eligible direct recipients in accordance with the sub-allocation. Attached are:
1) The draft split letter to the FTA requesting the distribution of federal formula transit grants to eligible direct recipients in accordance with the CAMPO-approved sub-allocation MOU (Attachment 1);
2) The Section 5307/5340 sub-allocation worksheet that determines the amounts to be...
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