Aeronautics FY 2026 State and Local Program

There is no local match required. The funding is 100 percent state dollars up to the approved to awarded AC transfer amount.

Procurement should follow local sponsor or airport requirements and policies. Management of projects is required by the airport and sponsor.

All required permits, processes and approvals will remain the responsibility of the airport sponsor, including but not limited to project design, procurement/bid letting, construction administration, environmental clearance, airspace approval, local permitting and other items involved in completing the work.

Bids or final costs are required. Estimates cannot be used.

In your work plan and application, please provide the final costs and explain how they were determined.

Final project reimbursement will be based on documented final costs and expenditures.

After the contract is executed and the project is set up in our system, MDOT will issue a payment of up to 50 percent of the approved MAC amount or bid amount, whichever is lower.

The remaining grant funds will be issued after a progress report is received, along with verifiable proof that the first payment or 50 percent of project costs were completely expended.  This includes accounting and proper backup documentation submitted to Ryan Markowski (MarkowskiR4@Michigan.gov) and Patrick Murphy (MurphyP2@Michigan.gov) for expenditures incurred before the second reimbursement is issued.

If the project does not use all of the awarded budget, the second payment will be held until the project costs are final.

All reimbursements and closeout information will be sent to Ryan Markowski (MarkowskiR4@Michigan.gov) and Patrick Murphy (MurphyP2@Michigan.gov) with a CC to Jim Hartman (HartmanJ1@Michigan.gov).

All disbursements of State Local Program funds are managed by the sponsor through SIGMA VSS as outlined in the award letter. Payments are typically made via electronic transfer or, if preferred, by paper check, depending on the sponsor’s chosen option.

As part of administering this grant, a final contract closeout report will be required. This report should summarize and document all project-related activities, along with a detailed financial breakdown outlining all costs and all proof of payment. Additionally, a project certification must be provided to confirm that all work was completed as required per the scope per the sponsor and contract signer.

Please replace that statement above from the call letter with the following:

“Safety-related obstruction removal projects on parcels owned by the sponsor or where the sponsor has permission to remove obstructions are eligible under this program.”

2026 state local funding was received late in the current fiscal year and there is no guarantee of grant funding past the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, 2026.