Grant for the improvement of a private road
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Published by: Economic Development Centre · Government organisation
Description language: English
Coverage: Finland, excluding Åland
About this service
Description
A road maintenance association may apply for a grant to improve a private road.
The grants are discretionary, and the conditions for eligibility for a government grant are:
* a road maintenance association has been established for the road
* the information on the association and the private road is up to date in the Private Road Register and in the Digitraffic Road Network (road and street network information system).
There is no minimum size for improvement projects eligible for grants, but in practice, projects costing less than EUR 10,000 are rarely subsidised. Grants are not awarded retroactively.
Grants are primarily allocated to projects where traffic on the road has been completely blocked or is at risk of being blocked due to damage. Such projects include:
* replacement or repair of bridges and large culverts
* repair and prevention of flood damage to roads
* projects that significantly improve traffic safety.
Other projects eligible for grants may include:
* repair of frost damage to the road
* improvement of bearing capacity and related drainage systems
* other traffic safety improvements, such as straightening a curve, improving an intersection or relocating the road alignment
* improvement of a ferry landing site.
### Bridge projects
The road maintenance association must contact the regional Economic Development Centre’s grant handler during the preparation phase of a bridge project, before planning begins. Together with the grant handler, the eligibility of the project and any conditions for the project will be reviewed. At the same time, the association will receive information on the budget situation and an estimate of the availability of funds for the project. A request for contact can be submitted via Traffic Customer Service.
Typical bridge projects include:
* complete replacement of a bridge
* replacing a bridge with a pipe bridge or culvert
* renewal and repair of bridge structures.
### Amount of the grant
For ordinary road improvement projects, the maximum grant amount is 50 per cent, and for major bridge projects and other significant repairs caused by exceptional natural conditions, 75 per cent. The grant percentage, payment schedule and any conditions related to the work will be specified in the grant decision.
The grant will not be paid, without a special reason, for work carried out without the Economic Development Centre’s permission before the grant decision has been received.
How to use it
Apply for a grant and its payment primarily in the e-service. Log in with your personal bank ID, mobile certificate, or certificate card.
In the e-service, the application can be submitted by an authorised person. Persons without separate authorisation can act on behalf of an organisation if they have an existing mandate for transactions or a right based on register data.
The mandate theme for e-service is Applying for subsidies for employment, environment, business and transport. Authorisation follows the instructions for Suomi.fi e-Authorizations.
If it is not possible to use the e-service, you can also apply for the grant using a printable form. Submit the application to the Economic Development Centre of the municipality where the road is located by post, e-mail, or in person. The application can also be submitted as an attachment to the general service form.
Attach to the application:
* A property register extract and a map showing the permanent and secondary residences within the road’s impact area.
* A certificate or other extract of up-to-date information from the road and street network database (Digitraffic Road Network).
* A signed excerpt from the minutes of the road maintenance association meeting, including decisions on initiating the project, applying for a grant from the Economic Development Centre, authorizing a person for electronic transactions, and, if necessary, accepting the grant.
* Planning documents: description of the work, a performance-based cost estimate, and a design map indicating the locations of culverts and the road sections where bearing capacity, drainage, or other subgrade improvement works will be carried out, including a cross-section of the road structure by layers.
* If necessary, a statement regarding the dimensioning of bridge spans or culvert openings, and the association’s rules if such have been confirmed by the road maintenance association.
### How to apply for the payment of the grant
Apply for the payment according to the decision in the e-service either in one or several instalments.
Log in with personal bank ID, mobile certificate, or certificate card. Fill out the payment application thoroughly on the Payments tab and attach required documents.
Use the printable form to apply for the payment if you applied for the grant using a printable form instead of the e-service. Submit the payment application and its attachments by post to the KEHA Centre. The application can also be submitted as an attachment to the general service form.
Conditions
The application must include a brief description of the purpose of the grant and the estimated benefits and impacts of the project. The attachments to the application should provide a more detailed description of the project’s objectives and content, implementation schedule, as well as the total cost estimate and financing plan, itemized according to separate instructions. The project plan must also indicate the expected results of the project and the methods for utilizing and disseminating these results. Any necessary permits and agreements must also be attached to the application.
Further information on applying for and granting private road government grants can be found in Traficom’s guidelines on Government Grants for Private Roads.
### Acceptance of the grant
The road maintenance association must notify the Economic Development Centre in writing within 60 days of receiving the grant decision whether it will accept the grant. If the association does not provide this notification within the deadline, the grant decision will lapse. The association must also notify the Economic Development Centre in writing if it decides not to accept the grant.
The governing body of the association must sign the acceptance notification. The notification must include the association’s bank account number, the name and phone number of the supervisor appointed by the association, and whether the work will be carried out by the association itself or as a partial or full contract. The notification must be accompanied by an excerpt from the minutes of the board or association meeting where the decision to accept the government grant was made.
### Supervision and tendering
The supervisor is required to have sufficient technical expertise in the field and must be independent of the contractor. The supervisor’s details are provided on a separate form.
Tendering for the contract must comply with procurement regulations.
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