H-GAC’s Livable Centers program was established to support local governments in creating quality places that provide alternatives to vehicle travel and provide opportunities for economic development. Study areas are selected based on a competitive process where proposals are evaluated for their implementation potential. The Livable Centers program has funded twenty-nine studies in H-GAC’s eight-county Transportation Management Area since its inception in 2008.

H-GAC has received a Local Project Advance Funding Agreement from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide $1,531,181 in Federal Surface Transportation Program-Metropolitan Mobility (STP-MM) funds for Livable Centers Planning Studies. The funding agreement also requires a match of $494,046 that will be provided by local project sponsors.

Federal (STP-MM) and Local Match

Yes

Request authorization of agreement with TxDOT to fund Livable Centers Planning Studies; total program amount not to exceed $1,531,181. (Staff Contact: Jeff Taebel)