Safety Improvement Funding

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) provides Federal funding to support state’s safety efforts. These funds are applied in areas intended to reduce the number and severity of crashes that occur on Maine's public roads.
SAFETEA-LU funding includes these transportation safety areas:

• The Hazard Elimination Program (HEP) focuses on general road safety problems such as lane departure, intersections and roadside safety.

• High Risk Rural Roads program focuses on construction and operational improvements on rural Collector and Local roads

• The Rail-Highway Crossing Program is directed at railroad grade crossing safety problems at public roads.

• Safe Routes to School provides funds for infrastructure and non-infrastructure strategies that encourage and enable children to walk and bike to school.

• Other strategies that address road and driver safety issues.