The Department is excited to announce that the Governor and the Legislature included Local Road Assistance Administration funds (LRA) in the amended fiscal year 2025 budget. The LRA funds will be administered and distributed using our GRANTS (LMIG) Application System. Eligible activities/projects for LRA funds will be the same as the LMIG program. LRA funds will require NO match. To see your formula amount, please visit the Department’s website at https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/LMIG.aspx
The following activities/projects will be eligible for LMIG funds:
- Preliminary engineering (including engineering work for R/W plans and Utility plans)
- Construction supervision & inspection
- Utility Adjustments or replacement
- Patching, leveling and resurfacing a paved roadway
- Grading, Drainage, Base and Paving existing or new roads
- Replacing storm drain pipe or culverts
- Intersection improvements
- Turn lanes
- Bridge repair or replacement
- Sidewalk adjacent (within right of way) to a public roadway or street
- Roadway Signs, striping, guardrail installation
- Signal installation or improvement
- Aggregate Surface Course for dirt road maintenance
Elligibility
Review the Guidelines and Policies in full and be aware of the requirements for receiving the funding.
For an application to be processed, the following requirements must be met:
- A local government must be in audit compliance with the Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA). A local government must also be in compliance with the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) minimum standards under the Georgia Planning Act, related to immigration and the Service Delivery Strategy law. (A non-compliant local government may start a draft application and then submit it once the local government is compliant.)
- A signed cover letter must be attached that includes the completion status of the last three fiscal years’ LMIG Grants.
- A signature page must include both the local government seal and the notary seal. The application website provides a blank signature page for you to download, complete and upload as an attachment.
Match
LRA funds will require NO match.
How to Apply
The LRA funds will be administered and distributed using our GRANTS (LMIG) Application System.. To begin your application, please visit the Department’s website at https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/LMIG.aspx. The site provides a link to the LMIG Application, the LMIG Application Tutorial (Manual), and the General Guidelines. Your project list will be entered directly into the LMIG Application System.
Grants are processed electronically through the GDOT GRANTS (LMIG) Application System. To begin your FY 2025 LMIG Application head to https://grants.dot.ga.gov/. For assistance with the GRANTS application system, head to https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/GRANTSTraining.aspx.
Contact
If you have any questions about the program, please contact your District State Aid Coordinator.
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DISTRICT COORDINATOR PHONE NUMBER
District One – Gainesville Charles (Skip) Arnhart (770) 519-0118
District Two – Tennille Matthew Sammons (478) 553-3383
District Three – Thomaston Brandy Spillers (706) 646-7505
District Four – Tifton Dennis Carter (229) 391-5438
District Five – Jesup Jeremy Barwick (912) 530-4396
District Six – Cartersville Joseph Ciavarro (678) 721-5293
District Seven – Chamblee Chartrae (Trae) Kent (770) 216-3880
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If you have any questions regarding the LMIG Program, please contact your District State Aid Coordinator, the Local Grants Office in Atlanta (404-347-0240), or email questions to LocalGrantsProgram@dot.ga.gov.
For general questions, please contact:
Office of Local Grants
600 West Peachtree Street, NW - 17th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 347-0240