Eligibility: Please note this is not for States to apply. Eligible applicants include: A unit of local government; A political subdivision of a State; A territory of the United States; An entity described in 23 U.S.C. 207(m)(1)(E); A recipient of funds under 23 U.S.C. 203; A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) (as defined in section 23 U.S.C.134(b)(2)); A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (Pub. L. 117-169, Aug. 16, 2022) established the LCTM Program (23 U.S.C. 179), which provides funding for the use of construction materials that have substantially lower levels of GHG emissions.

The purpose of the LCTM Program is to reimburse the incrementally higher costs of using or provide an incentive1 amount to eligible recipients for the use, in projects, of construction materials and products that have substantially lower levels of embodied GHG emissions, as described by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), associated with all relevant stages of production, use, and disposal as compared to estimated industry averages of similar materials or products, hereafter referred to as low carbon transportation materials.

The program will also serve to help eligible transportation agencies update or develop specification language and conduct identification activities needed to demonstrate materials are appropriate for use on Federal-aid construction projects.