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Appendix I: Federal Share and Period of Availability for Selected Programs

PROGRAM
FEDERAL SHARE (%)1 AVAILABILITY YEARS
Interstate Maintenance Program
90 2 4
Interstate Maintenance Discretionary
90 2 Until Expended
National Highway System
80 2 & 7 4
Alaska Highway
100 Until Expended
Territorial Highways
100 4
Surface Transportation Program
80 2 & 7 4
Safety Infrastructure
90 2 4
Transportation Enhancements
80 2 4
Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
80 4
Bridge Discretionary
80 4
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
80 2 4
Federal Lands Highways Program
100 4
Indian Reservation Roads
Public Lands Highways
Park Roads and Parkways
Refuge Roads
Emergency Relief
80-100 Until Expended
Motor Carrier Safety Grants
80 Until Expended
Appalachian Development Highway System
80 2 Until Expended
Recreational Trails
80 3 4
National Corridor Planning and Coordinated Border Infrastructure
80 2 4
Scenic Byways
80 Until Expended
Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities
80 Until Expended
Value Pricing Pilot
80 44
Highway Use Tax Evasion
100 4
Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot
100 4
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
80-100 Until Expended
High Priority Projects
80 5 Until Expended
Intelligent Transportation Systems - Research and Development
80-100 8 Until Expended
Intelligent Transportation Systems - Deployment
50-80 9 Until Expended
Surface Transportation Research
80-100 Until Expended
Technology Deployment
80-100 Until Expended
State Planning and Research
80 6 4
Metropolitan Planning
80 2 & 6 4
Minimum Guarantee
80 4

1 Up to 10% of a State’s apportionment for Interstate Maintenance, National Highway System, Surface Transportation Program, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, and Recreational Trails may be used at 100% Federal share for certain safety and traffic operations projects. Funds applied to Interstate System projects (except added Single Occupancy Vehicle or auxiliary lanes) may be used at 90% Federal share, or higher if subject to sliding scale.

2 Federal share subject to revision up to 95% because of sliding scale adjustment for States with large amounts of Federal lands.

3 Federal share up to 95% allowed including Federal agency project sponsor contributions.

4 Unallocated balance in excess of $8 million at the end of any fiscal year shall be apportioned to the States for STP purposes.

5 Except projects on the Baltimore Washington Parkway and in American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are 100%.

6 May approve up to 100% if the Secretary finds that it is in the interest of the Federal-aid highway program.

7 Projects on the Interstate System may be 90% Federal share.

8 For Intelligent Transportation Systems Research and Development projects, the Federal share for the project is 100% unless it is a demonstration project or an operational test, in which case the Federal share is 80%.

9 For Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment projects, 50% of the project's costs may be paid with ITS funds. Up to an additional 30% of the project's costs may be paid using other Federal funds but at least 20% must come from non-Federal sources.

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