Freight Transportation Stakeholders:

On Friday 2/26 you received a notice announcing the FASTLANE Grant Program. To educate prospective applicants about the program, the USDOT is holding a series of webinars later this month. More information about those webinars is shown below. Please share this notice with your freight transportation colleagues as appropriate.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is now soliciting applications for the Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) Grants. FASTLANE Grants, authorized under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act’s Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program, will fund critical freight and highway projects across the country. The FAST Act authorizes $800 million in funding for FASTLANE Grants for fiscal year 2016, with at least 25 percent reserved for rural projects, and ten percent for small projects that do not meet statutory minimum project size requirements. Prospective applicants are encouraged to look through the full Notice of Funding Opportunity. Applications are due by 8:00 PM EDT on April 14, 2016.

Please join the U.S. Department of Transportation for a series of online webinars on the fiscal year 2016 FASTLANE Grant application process. There are no registration fees for these sessions, however advance registration is required. Register for the webinars by clicking on the webinar topics listed below:

· Thursday, March 3^rd 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT How to Compete for FASTLANE Grants

· Wednesday, March 9^th 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT How to Compete for FASTLANE Grants

· Thursday, March 10^th 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT FASTLANE Grants: Preparing a BCA

· Thursday, March 17^th 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT How to Compete for FASTLANE Grants

***More information about FASTLANE Grants, including frequently asked questions and other guidance, can be found at https://www.transportation.gov/FASTLANEgrants.