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Indian Reservation Roads Program
The BIA Roads program is available to provide snow plowing and minor road maintenance to village roads that are in the approved road inventory. The funding is specific and cannot be used to maintain private driveways or roads. Currently the goal is to get a roads plan completed. It is equally important for Tribal Members to be involved in future planning to be informed of services and funding available, as well as any limitations imposed on services and funding.
P.L. 112-141 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21):
“The Tribal Transportation Program provides $450 million annually for projects that improve access to and within Tribal lands. This program generally continues the existing Indian Reservation Roads program, while adding new setasides for tribal bridge projects (in lieu of the existing Indian Reservation Road Bridge program) and tribal safety projects. It continues to provide setasides for program management and oversight and tribal transportation planning. A new statutory formula for distributing funds among tribes, based on tribal population, road mileage, and average funding under SAFETEA-LU, plus an equity provision, is to be phased in over a 4 year period.
MAP-21 also authorizes the Tribal High Priority Projects Program, a discretionary program modeled on an earlier program that was funded by setaside from the Indian Reservation Roads Program. MAP-21 provides $30 million per year from the General fund (subject to appropriation) for this new program. [1123]”
These funds are shared with over 500 tribes across the United States.
P.L. 112-141 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21):
“The Tribal Transportation Program provides $450 million annually for projects that improve access to and within Tribal lands. This program generally continues the existing Indian Reservation Roads program, while adding new setasides for tribal bridge projects (in lieu of the existing Indian Reservation Road Bridge program) and tribal safety projects. It continues to provide setasides for program management and oversight and tribal transportation planning. A new statutory formula for distributing funds among tribes, based on tribal population, road mileage, and average funding under SAFETEA-LU, plus an equity provision, is to be phased in over a 4 year period.
MAP-21 also authorizes the Tribal High Priority Projects Program, a discretionary program modeled on an earlier program that was funded by setaside from the Indian Reservation Roads Program. MAP-21 provides $30 million per year from the General fund (subject to appropriation) for this new program. [1123]”
These funds are shared with over 500 tribes across the United States.