Funder: Wyoming Department of Transportation
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $2.2 million annually for local-government projects; 80% federal reimbursement with a 20% sponsor share
Summary: Supports Wyoming transportation projects that reduce air pollution and help attain or maintain national air-quality standards.
Key Information: Preference goes to projects mitigating airborne particulate matter in energy- and industrially impacted areas.
Description
The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) is a Federal Highway Administration federal-aid program administered in Wyoming by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). It funds transportation projects and programs that contribute to attaining or maintaining National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter. Wyoming can use CMAQ funds statewide, rather than only in air-quality nonattainment and maintenance areas.
Wyoming’s priorities include helping local governments address air-quality problems caused by energy development and other industrial activity, bringing areas into compliance with national standards, and maintaining that status. The program also supplements the STP program as determined by the Wyoming Transportation Commission. Pre-project and post-project air-quality monitoring helps evaluate project effectiveness.
