Item 43 Passedunofficial
Approve a resolution in support and concurrence of Travis County’s grant application to the United States Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2026 Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program for road safety improvement projects; and authorizing the submittal of City of Austin projects, as a partner applicant, for funding to improve road intersection safety investments in post-crash care and emergency medical response systems. Funding: If successful and the grant application and funds are awarded, staff will return to Council to seek authorization to accept and appropriate funding as a grant subrecipient and identify the funding source.
The Council is being asked to back Travis County's bid for a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, with Austin signing on as a partner applicant. The money would go toward making road intersections safer and beefing up post-crash care and emergency medical response. No dollar figure is on the table yet — if the grant comes through, staff says they'll come back to Council to formally accept the funds and pin down a funding source.
"Without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)