Overview – CURRENT PROGRAM – CURRENT GUIDEBOOK – MARKS – APPLICATION MATERIALS – OTHER RESOURCES
Overview
The local Surface Transportation Program (STP) uses a federal funding source, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), to fund a portion of the project costs. The federal share for STP is generally 80% with a 20% local match, but is subject to a sliding scale adjustment.
FAST Act funds projects that are on a Federal-Aid Highway System with a functional classification of collector and above, bridge projects on any public road, transit capital projects, bus terminals and bus facilities. Roadways with a local road/street functional classification cannot obtain federal funding, except for bridge projects.
McHenry County Council of Mayors has a STP Project Selection & Programming Procedures document that details the Call for Projects, project application, project selection, and program management process.
The Council only provides federal STP funding for Phase 1 engineering, Phase II engineering, and construction phases (including construction engineering) of the project development process. Phases not funded by STP and 100% the responsibility of the local agency are: right-of-way acquisition. This is subject to change each Call for Projects.
Current Program
View the current STP Program of Projects here (Revised 9/19/2025).
View the current IDOT Monitoring Schedule for McHenry County (9/19/25).
Current Guidebook/ Methodology, Application
View the current Call for Projects Guidebook here.
For the current STP application, the Call for Projects will open October 13, 2025 and closes December 12, 2025.
View the current Call for Projects application here.
This call for projects had an updated scoring system put into place. It is a condensed version of the FHWA’s Safe System Project-Based Alignment Framework.
View the current Safety Scoring rubric here.
The North Shore Council of Mayors partnered with McHenry County DOT to present on how the new safety scoring protocol will work for the 2025 CFP. Find the recording at this link.
In years without a Call for Projects, MCCOM revisits the guidebook and methodology for the next Call for Projects. This includes revisions to policies, scoring, and requirements for the Call for Projects. This is typically done by convening a methodology committee to review potential changes to the methodology for the next call, which must then be approved by the full council.
STP-L Marks Table
The STP-L Marks table is created by Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for all the councils in the region. Each council has their own mark allotment (federal money), which is based on population. The mark allotment is revised annually based on federal authorization levels and IDOT forecasting techniques. In general, CMAP assumes that the new mark allotment for the current year will be carried throughout the life of the STP-L Marks 5-year table.
- 2022 STP-L Marks Table FFY 2022-2026 – Approved 8/18/2021
- 2020 STP-L Marks Table FFY 2021-2025 – Approved 10/18/19
- 2017 STP-L Marks Table FFY 2017-2021 – Approved 10-25-2016