DAHP ANNOUNCES $500,000 IN TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT GRANTS
Apr 11, 2012
PROPOSALS DUE MAY 31, 2012. The State of Washington is disbursing approximately $500,000 in transportation enhancement grants focused on archaeological planning and historic preservation. The goal of these grants is to improve the state’s cultural resources related to surface transportation. The successful applicant must be either a 501©3, a government agency or Public Development Authority in the State of Washington. Projects must be involved historic preservation or archaeological planning using cultural resources in two or more regional transportation districts. A variety of projects can accomplish this task. Proposals should include a proposed scope of work and link this scope to the goals of the grant. Example projects include, but are not limited to:
- Inventory of archaeological resources covering two or more regional transportation planning areas.
- Interpretive displays or exhibits covering archaeological resources in two or more regional transportation planning areas.
- Digitization of archaeological resource documents covering two or more regional transportation planning areas.
- Archaeological context documents covering two or more regional transportation planning areas.
- Inventory of linear transportation features covering two or more regional transportation planning areas.
- Context document for historic bridges covering two or more regional transportation areas.
- WEB related public education/tourism projects related to historic transportation resources in two or more regional planning areas.
- Digitization of historic resource documents covering two or more regional transportation areas.
- Statewide context documents for historic transportation resources (e.g. railroad hotels, etc.)
- Interpretive displays or exhibits covering transportation related historic resources in two or more regional transportation planning areas.
