The AWSMP provides funding for design and engineering of projects to reduce hydraulic constrictions or treat channel instability threatening public infrastructure. Projects are developed using design submission standards provided by the AWSMP. Construction phase engineering services are eligible for grant funding.
The AWSMP funds the portion of construction costs related to upsizing infrastructure to reduce hydraulic constrictions, stabilize the stream channel, and revegetate the site. AWSMP provides funding for only the enlargement portion of costs for a replacement stream crossing that accommodates passage of flood flows, sediment, wood, and aquatic organisms.
AWSMP does not fund the replacement or maintenance of existing structures. Please submit funding applications for only the portion of costs related to enhancing the structure. Show but do not apply for the portion of costs related to replacement of the existing structure in-kind. The AWSMP does not fund road paving or projects for maintenance, repair, or age-related replacement of infrastructure.
The practices of stream dredging or channelization, flood walls, stream berms and levees are ineligible for funding. Privately owned bridges, culverts, or roads are also ineligible for funding. Municipal labor and fringe benefit costs are not eligible for reimbursement, but may be identified as in-kind match.
AWSMP funds are prioritized for the portions of projects that stabilize stream channels using best management practices, restore floodplain access, improve flood and erosion resilience, maintain ecosystem integrity and organism passage, and that improve water quality.
Culvert, bridge, and road embankment improvement projects are more likely to be selected for SMIP funding if the following conditions apply:
- There are significant sources of fine sediment (a water quality concern) at the project site, or downstream of the site that can be mobilized by channel instability.
- Current conditions pose a significant inundation and/or erosion risk.
- The project results in an off-site public benefit.
- A municipality has completed a road-stream crossing assessment and prioritization that identifies the project as a high priority.
- The municipality uses the MOSCAP road-stream crossing assessment and prioritization developed by the AWSMP to justify the project.
- The project addresses stream process and the causes of failure, erosion, or flooding at the site.
- The project design addresses fish passage and habitat maintenance or restoration.
- The treatment plan includes revegetation of stream buffers and vegetation management until establishment.
- The project is identified and recommended in an Ashokan Watershed stream management plan. To view available stream management plans, see: https://ashokanstreams.org/publications-resources/stream-management-plans/