Road Maintenance & Road Improvement Grants

The Denali Borough Assembly approved Ordinance 24.13 on November 2024 introducing two new grant programs:
Road Maintenance Grant Program and Road Improvement Grant Program

Denali Borough Code Chapters 3.21.232 "Road Maintenance Grant" & 3.21.233 "Road Improvement Grant" provide for supplemental funding assistance (on a formula basis) and project-based funding (on a matching basis, with a 20% match) to eligible nonprofit organizations, one of whose function(s) is to maintain and/or improve public roads.

“Road Maintenance”
Work done to remedy defects and to prevent deterioration of road surfaces including:
"Road Improvement”
Work done which includes enhancing or upgrading an existing road including:
  • Pothole patching
  • Clearing ditches, culverts and brushing
  • Surface and shoulder grading (without additional material)
  • Snow removal
  • Funding through this program is for road maintenance activities on public roads and must be administered by an eligible nonprofit organization, one of whose primary function(s) is to maintain and/or improve the road(s) identified in the Road Maintenance Grant Program Application.
  • Formula funding on a per-mile basis.
  • Organizations receiving other grants or other funding from the Denali Borough may apply for this grant program
  • Resurfacing by adding a layer of material
  • Adding or replacing culverts
  • Reconstructing, redeveloping and extending shoulders
  • Reconstructing, redeveloping and extending the road surface
  • Funding through this program is for road improvement activities on public roads and must be administered by an eligible nonprofit organization, one of whose primary function(s) is to maintain and/or improve the road(s) identified in the Road Improvement Grant Program Application.
  • A 20 percent cash match by the applicant is required and must be reported quarterly with receipts provided. In-kind donations may qualify toward the 20 percent match.
  • Organizations receiving other grants or other funding from the Denali Borough may apply for this grant program

 

FY26 Road Maintenance Grant Application

FY26 Road Improvement Grant Application