The State of Washington is disbursing $1.2 million in transportation enhancement grants focused on archaeological planning and historic preservation.
The goal of these grants is to improve the states cultural resources related to transportation. A wide variety of projects can accomplish this goal. Projects must be involved historic preservation or archaeological planning using cultural resources in two or more regional transportation districts.
A variety of projects can accomplish this task. Proposals should include a proposed scope of work and link this scope to the goals of the grant.
Example projects include, but are not limited to:
— Inventory of archaeological resources covering two or more regional transportation planning areas;
— Interpretive displays or exhibits covering archaeological resources in two more regional transportation planning areas;
— Digitization of archaeological resource documents covering two or more regional transportation planning areas;
— Archaeological context documents covering two more regional transportation planning areas;
— Inventory of linear transportation features covering two or more regional transportation planning areas;
— Context document for historic bridges covering two more regional transportation areas;
— Web-related public education/tourism projects related to historic transportation resources in two more regional planning areas;
— Digitization of historic resource documents covering two or more regional transportation areas;
— Statewide context documents for historic transportation resources (e.g. railroad hotels, etc.);
— Interpretive displays or exhibits covering transportation related historic resources in two or more regional transportation planning areas.
Contractors are required to submit 6 copies of their proposal. The proposal, whether mailed or hand delivered, must arrive at the department no later than 4:30 p.m. (local time) on March 31, 2011. For more information, see the full Request For Proposal or contact Dr. Allyson Brooks, (360) 586-3066, or Loren Doolittle, (360) 586-3072.
