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General HSIP Information

• US Code and the Code of Federal Regulations
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HSIP Funding Flexibility

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) provides additional flexibility for states to use HSIP funds for public awareness, education, and enforcement activities that are consistent with the state’s strategic highway safety plan (SHSP).

Under SAFETEA-LU, a state may use up to 10 percent of the amount of funds apportioned to the state under the Highway Safety Improvement Program for a fiscal year to carry out safety projects under any other section of Title 23, United States Code, as provided in the state’s SHSP if the state certifies that:

1. The state has met its needs relating to railway-highway crossings; and
2. The state has met its infrastructure safety needs relating to highway safety improvement projects

The following guidance on this flexibility is available at:

• http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/memos/memo080806.cfm
• http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/guides/guide122606.cfm

Program Contact

Erin Kenley
Team Leader
erin.kenley@dot.gov
202-366-8556

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