PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation will be distributing $12.5 million in state highway funds to local governments by the end of June 2015. The funds will go to counties and cities with populations above 5,000, also known as Class 1 cities.
“This past legislative session, Gov. Daugaard not only led the effort to increase funding for state highways, but to lessen the restrictions on how local governments use highway funds,” Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist said.
In previous years, the federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds that were allocated to each of the counties and Class 1 cities had many restrictions and could only be used on federal-aid eligible projects let to bid through the DOT. These restrictions resulted in several counties and cities accumulating their allocations for years until they were able to use the money on allowable projects.
The annual allocation is now being given to the local governments in the form of state highway funds that can be used on any road or bridge repair or maintenance.
Starting in September, the department will begin issuing checks to replace the accumulated STP balances with state highway funds.
For more information on the program, contact Doug Kinniburgh at 605-773-4284.
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