Call for Projects

The NFRMPO holds periodic Calls for Projects to award federal and state funding to transportation projects. The most recent Call for Projects was held in 2023 for federal funding in Fiscal Years (FY) 2026 and 2027. The most recent call to award state funding was held in 2022 for FY2022 and 2023. Details and outcomes of the NFRMPO Call for Projects process can be found in the sections below.

Member communities have the opportunity to apply for funding from four federal programs in the NFRMPO’s Call for Projects: Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ); Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG); Carbon Reduction Program (CRP); and Transportation Alternatives (TA). CMAQ, STBG, and TA were carried forward from the FAST Act and CRP was established in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund (MMOF) is a state funding source established by the Colorado State Legislature in 2018 and reestablished in 2021. Learn more about each funding source by reading the respective sections below. Projects are scored by a subcommittee composed of TAC members and the Northern Colorado Bicycle and Pedestrian Collaborative. NFRMPO staff lead the discussion and the process, but are not involved in project selection.

2023 Call for Projects

The NFRMPO held a Call to award Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 funding for the four NFRMPO controlled federal funding sources (CMAQ, CRP, STBG, and TA). The NFRMPO Planning Council approved the awards for the 2023 Call for Projects at their meeting on January 11, 2024. A total of $25,535,521 was awarded to 12 projects in five NFRMPO communities. Twelve funding requests were recommended to be waitlisted and are eligible for award if additional funding becomes available for the requested funding program and fiscal years requested.

The tables below outline the projects awarded funding and waitlisted projects per funding program.

2023 Call for Projects Funding Table- CMAQ

Sponsor Project Name CMAQ Request CMAQ Award
Greeley US34 Transit $1,394,184 1,394,184
Fort Collins Power Trail grade Separated Crossing $3,239,300 $3,239,300
Weld WCR37 & SH392 Aux Lane Improvements $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Greeley 9th & 10th St Mobility Improvements $4,279,053 $4,064,315
Fort Collins  Purchase of 2 Battery Electric Buses $2,239,751 Waitlisted
Loveland US34 & US287 Intersection Improvements $2,000,000 Waitlisted
Windsor Crossroads and Colorado Intersection Improvements $2,000,000 Waitlisted
Johnstown Intersection of Colorado Blvd & Rooseveldt Pkwy $2,000,000 Waitlisted
Loveland COLT Bus Expansion $1,834,289 Waitlisted
Johnstown Intersection Improvments HWY60 & Colorado Blvd $3,000,000 Waitlisted

2023 Call for Projects Funding Table - CRP

Sponsor Project Name  Request    Funding Award 
Loveland Taft/US34 Adaptive Signals $620,925 $620,925
Fort Collins Bus Stop Upgrades $538,447 $538,447
Loveland Wilson Ave Multiuse Path and Crossing $1,080,000 $1,040,969
Greeley 9th & 10th St Mobility Improvements $2,552,675 Waitlisted
Fort Collins Taft Hill Crossing $1,456,413 Waitlisted

2023 Call for Projects Funding Table - STBG

Sponsor Project Name STBG Request  STBG Award
Fort Collins College & Trilby Intersection Improvements $1,655,800 $1,655,800
Loveland US34 & US287 Intersection Improvements $3,168,000 $3,168,000
Greeley 9th & 10th St Mobility Improvements $3,168,343 $3,168,343
Weld WCR13 & WCR50 Intersection Realignment $1,632,177 $1,632,177
Windsor Crossroads and Colorado Intersection Improvements $1,632,177 $1,113,061
Evans 35th Ave Intersection $1,303,943 Waitlisted
Fort Collins/Larimer CR 19 (Taft Hill Rd) Improvements - Horsetooth Rd to Harmony Rd $3,143,095 Waitlisted
Johnstown Highway 60 & WCR 19 Signal Installation  $1,500,000 Waitlisted

2023 Call for Projects Funding Table - TA

Sponsor Project Name  Request    Funding Award 
Loveland Garfield Bike Route Enhancements $900,000 $900,000
Fort Collins Mason Trail Crossing Improvements $822,104 Waitlisted

2023 Call for Projects Reference Materials
2023 Call for Project Guidebook
2023 Call for Projects Application Workbook

2022 Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund (MMOF)

The 2022 MMOF Guidelines were approved by the NFRMPO Planning Council on May 5, 2022 and outlined eligible applicants and project types, project requirements, and scoring criteria. The application window for the NFRMPO Call for Projects to award MMOF funds for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 was open from May 6 to June 3, 2022. The NFRMPO received 12 applications from eight local agencies with the request for MMOF funding totaling $15.6M. The MMOF Scoring Committee was held on June 14, 2022. The committee included voting representatives from the communities of Fort Collins, Greeley, Johnstown, Loveland, Severance, Windsor, and Larimer and Weld Counties along with non-voting members from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Federal Highway Administration, NoCo Bike & Ped Collaborative, Weld County Mobility Committee, and NFRMPO Staff.

The NFRMPO Planning Council approved the Scoring Committees recommendations as followed at their meeting on August 4, 2022: five projects received full funding, four projects received partially funding, and three projects were unfunded. The remaining request from the partially funded projects was waitlisted and will be eligible for further funding if additional FY2022 or FY2023 MMOF dollars become available to the NFRMPO. The 2022 MMOF Call for Projects Funding Table shows all applications received in the 2022 MMOF Call for Projects, and the amounts funded and waitlisted.

2022 MMOF Call for Projects Funding Table

Project Sponsor Project Name Request Funding Awarded
Greeley MERGE US 34 Regional Mobility Hub $3,696,745 $2,500,000
CDOT MERGE US 34 Regional Mobility Hub $3,303,255 $2,500,000
Loveland Willow Bend Trail Segment of East Big Thompson River Trail $1,728,396 $1,200,000
Larimer  Phemister Safe Access Bridge and Trail Project $466,677 $466,677
Loveland COLT route expansion $461,592 $461,592
Windsor 11th St Multimodal Design - Greeley No. 2 to Sagewood Dr  $740,394 $450,000
Fort Collins Siphon Overpass - UPRR Power Trail Grade Separated Crossing $750,000 $450,000
Weld  Weld County On-demand Transit Program $342,900 $342,900
Fort Collins West Elizabeth Corridor - 100% Design $1,232,248 $1,232,248
Johnstown Intersection Improvements - SH 60 and Carlson Blvd $250,000 $250,000
Fort Collins Two (2) Electric Bus On Route Chargers $1,000,000 Waitlisted
Fort Collins Power Trail and Harmony Grade Separated Crossing $2,200,000 Waitlisted
Larimer  North LCR 17 Expansion - Shoulder Widening $1,210,719 Waitlisted

The locations of the fully or partially funded projects as awarded in the 2022 MMOF Call for Projects are displayed in the 2022 MMOF Call for Projects Award Summary Map. Changes to projects such as changes to project scope, sponsor, and federal funding amount may occur via Amendments and Modifications to the Transportation Improvement program (TIP). For the latest project information, view the TIP at https://nfrmpo.org/tip/.

2022 MMOF Call for Projects Award Summary Map

Map of the NFRMPO Planning area with project locations and names awarded funding during the 2022 MMOF Call for Projects

2022 MMOF Call for Projects Reference Materials

2022 MMOF Call for Project Guidelines
2022 MMOF Project Description
2022 MMOF Project Application
2022 MMOF Environmental Justice (EJ) Impact Worksheet
2022 MMOF Performance Measure Impact Worksheet

2021 Call for Projects

The NFRMPO 2021 Call for Projects awarded CMAQ, STBG, and TA federal funding to projects in Fiscal Years (FY) 2023, 2024, and 2025, and was approved by Planning Council on March 3, 2022.

A total of 20 project applications were submitted during the 2021 Call for Projects. The CMAQ and STBG applications were scored on January 5, 2022 by the Scoring Committee, which included voting representatives from the communities of Evans, Fort Collins, Greeley, Larimer County, Loveland, Weld County, and Windsor and non-voting representatives from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), NoCo Bike & Ped Collaborative (NoCo), and NFRMPO staff. Membership on the Scoring Committee was required for all project sponsors and open to all Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members. The TA applications were scored by NoCo on December 15, 2021. Applications were scored and ranked based on the scoring criteria outlined in the 2021 Call for Projects Guidebook for each funding program which was approved by Planning Council on October 7, 2021.

A total of 10 projects were fully funded, two projects were partially funded, and six projects have been waitlisted. If additional funding becomes available within the funding pool a project is waitlisted to provide substantial partial funding or full funding to the waitlisted projects, project applicants may opt to receive the funding at that time without having to reapply for funding. Two projects were withdrawn by project sponsors. The 2021 Call for Projects Funding Table outlines each of the projects and funding amounts awarded. In addition to the projects which applied for funding, the Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) was awarded a $25,000 per year set-aside of STBG funding in FY2024 and FY2025 to conduct ozone modeling of the North Front Range region.

2021 Call for Projects Funding Table

Funding Program Project Sponsor Project Name Federal Request Funding Awarded
CMAQ Greeley 35th Avenue Adaptive Signal Control Technology $604,662 $604,662
CMAQ Fort Collins Mulberry Street Traffic Signal Synchronization $440,000 $440,000
CMAQ Loveland US287 Signal Coordination Improvements - Loveland $620,925 $620,925
CMAQ Fort Collins On Route Battery Electric Bus Chargers $1,598,675 $1,598,675
CMAQ Loveland COLT Bus Replacement/Expansion $1,843,825 $1,774,681
CMAQ Fort Collins Power Trail Harmony Grade Separated Crossing $500,000 Waitlisted
CMAQ Weld WCR 74 and WCR 31 Roundabout $1,269,435 Waitlisted
CMAQ Weld WCR 13 (LCR 1) and WCR 54 (LCR 18) Roundabout* $1,269,435 Withdrawn
STBG Fort Collins College & Trilby Intersection Improvements $3,616,462 $3,616,462
STBG Windsor Eastman Park Ultimate Intersection & RR Crossing Improvement $1,705,000 $1,705,000
STBG Weld WCR 13 (LCR 1) and WCR 54 (LCR 18) Roundabout $1,419,409 $1,419,409
STBG Loveland US 34 EB Widening Construction $1,646,728 $1,646,728
STBG Evans 37th Street Widening Phase 3 $1,543,462 $1,543,462
STBG Severance E Harmony Road/ WCR19 Intersection Improvements $1,258,985 Waitlisted
STBG Greeley 9th and 10th Street Mobility Enhancements* $2,306,668 Withdrawn
TA Windsor Poudre Trail Wayfinding - I25 to Island Grove Park $85,264 $85,264
TA Loveland Willow Bend Trail $603,624 $518,360
TA CSU Phemister Trail and Bridge $603,624 Waitlisted 
TA Fort Collins William Neil / Ziegler Intersection Improvements & Trail $602,624 Waitlisted
TA Severance Great Western Trail $300,000 Waitlisted

The locations of the fully or partially funded projects as awarded in the 2021 Call for Projects are displayed in the 2021 Call for Projects Award Summary Map. Changes to projects such as changes to project scope, sponsor, and federal funding amount may occur via Amendments and Modifications to the Transportation Improvement program (TIP). For the latest project information, view the TIP at https://nfrmpo.org/tip/.

2021 Call for Projects Award Summary Map

Map of the NFRMPO including projects selected for funding in the 2021 Call for Projects

2021 Call for Projects Application Materials
2021 Call for Projects Guidebook
CMAQ Application
STBG Application
TA Application
Environmental Justice Impact Worksheet
Performance Measure Impact Worksheet

Additional Prior NFRMPO Calls for Projects

2019 Multimodal Options Fund (MMOF)
The NFRMPO Multimodal Options Fund (MMOF) Call for Projects awarded State funding to 13 projects and was approved by Planning Council on April 7, 2020.
2019 NFRMPO MMOF Call for Projects Guidelines

FY2022-2023 Call for Projects
The NFRMPO FY2022-2023 Call for Projects awarded CMAQ, STBG, and TA federal funding to 10 projects and was approved by Planning Council on March 7, 2019.
2018 Call for Projects Guidebook

FY2020-2021 Call for Projects
The NFRMPO FY2020-2021 Call for Projects awarded CMAQ, STBG, and TA funding to 15 projects and was approved by Planning Council on November 3, 2016.
CMAQ Eligibility and Criteria Information
STBG Eligibility and Criteria Information
TA Eligibility and Criteria Information

NFRMPO Controlled Funding Programs

Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement
CMAQ funding is used to combat congestion and air quality issues, and is therefore available to communities within non-attainment and maintenance areas. The program began with the efforts of the Clean Air Act of 1990 and was first introduced in ISTEA in 1991. By the end of 2015, CMAQ had funded more than $30 Billion across 30,000 transportation projects nationwide.

In the North Front Range region, CMAQ has been used to fund intersection improvements including roundabouts, transit capital and operating projects, bike and pedestrian infrastructure projects, and adaptive signal (ITS) projects.

During each call, NFRMPO staff will reach out to project applicants for project descriptions. These descriptions allow staff to calculate emissions reductions, which are important to the scoring process. The higher the emissions reductions, the higher the project should score in the process. CMAQ projects are scored based the cost effectiveness on the estimated emissions reductions over the life of the project.

More information on the CMAQ program can be found in the FHWA Fact Sheet: CMAQ Fact Sheet

Surface Transportation Block Grant
STBG is the new iteration of the STP-Metro program, which provides transportation funding to highway, bridge, transit, and bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The STBG program is the most flexible federal funding source.

In the North Front Range region, STBG has funded intersection improvements, safety improvements, resurfacing, and bike and pedestrian projects.

More information on the STBG program can be found in the FHWA Fact Sheet: STBG Fact Sheet

Transportation Alternatives
Transportation Alternatives (TA) is the new iteration of the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program, a set-aside within the STBG program. TA projects are considered on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for enhanced mobility, historic preservation, recreational trails, safe routes to schools, and construction of boulevards. TA projects in the North Front Range region are considered in collaboration with the NoCo Bicycle and Pedestrian Collaborative, which provides recommendations for which projects should be funded.

In the North Front Range, TA has funded the construction of regional trails and trail connections, bike and pedestrian safety improvements, and on-road bike facilities.

More information on the TA program can be found in the FHWA Fact Sheet: TA Fact Sheet

Carbon Reduction Program
The Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), established through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, is the newest federal funding program available to NFRMPO member communities. The intent of CRP is to reduce greenhouse has emissions from transportation sources.

In the North Front Range region, CRP has funded bike and pedestrian improvements along roadways, trails, and at transit facilities.

More information on CRP can be found in the FHWA Fact Sheet: CRP Fact Sheet

Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund
The Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund (MMOF) was created by the Colorado State Legislature in 2018 and provided a one-time allocation of state funding. In 2021, Colorado Senate Bill 2021-260 dedicated an additional influx of funding to the program and generated annual state revenues to the program for the next ten years. The intention of the MMOF program is to promote a complete and integrated multimodal transportation system. More information about the MMOF program may be found on the CDOT website.

Staff contact: AnnaRose Cunningham – arcunningham@nfrmpo.org or (970) 818-9497