Surface Transportation Program

The Surface Transportation Program (STP) provides funding that may be used for projects on Federal-aid eligible roadways, transit capital improvements, and active transportation projects.

Program Eligibility

An eligible project sponsor must be a local government in the Ogden-Layton or Salt Lake Urban Areas, the Department of Transportation, or the transit authority, or submit a letter in cooperation with one of these entities.

STP funds may be used for constructing new streets or widening, improving, or reconstructing existing streets classified as Federal Aid Eligible (FAE) freeways, highways, arterials, or collectors (view the latest version of the FAE facilities map in your Urban Area). In addition, STP funds can be used for bridge replacement, intersection improvements, projects that reduce traffic demand, such as transit capital improvements and active transportation, and other projects as provided for in federal legislation. Major highway and transit capacity improvements must be identified in the first phase of the 2023-2050 RTP.

Funding

By population formula, the federal government currently apportions approximately $10,000,000 – $12,000,000 in Urban STP funds each year to the Ogden-Layton Urban Area, and approximately $21,000,000 – $23,000,000 in the Salt Lake Urban Area. Funds are programmed over a six-year period, and applicants will currently be competing for funds available in the federal fiscal year 2032.

Letters of Intent

In order for the WFRC staff to recommend whether a sponsor should submit an application, the “Letter of Intent” must include the project name, project limits, a brief project description, and an estimated total project cost. A list of all projects that are appropriately submitted will be distributed to members of the Councils of Governments (COGs) and reviewed by WFRC to determine program eligibility. This letter should be signed by the Mayor, County Commissioner, or executive director of the sponsoring agency.

Letters of Intent will be requested in September 2026.

Applications

Sponsors of eligible projects will be notified and required to submit new and/or updated forms for each project.

These forms will be reviewed for completeness and supporting documentation. The projects will be evaluated using these reports, an on-site field review of each project, approved technical criteria, and other relevant professional considerations before presenting information to the Technical Advisory Committees for review and recommendation. The projects and the recommendations will then be presented to Trans Com for recommendation to the Regional Council.

Applications will be requested in October 2026.