Formula Grant IN2025020
- This $1,151,557 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will support the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's (NICTD) preventive maintenance work on its commuter rail system. The funding will cover direct labor costs and eligible purchases associated with maintaining NICTD's right-of-way (bridges, stations, facilities, track, electrical and signal systems) as well as its passenger and support vehicles. This...
- The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $466.5 million Project Grant to the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District on January 21, 2021 for the DOUBLE TRACK NORTHWEST INDIANA PROJECT FFGA. The grant is being used to fund capital investments for the DOUBLE TRACK NORTHWEST INDIANA PROJECT through September 30, 2027 under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500). This program provides funding support for major transit capital...
- The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) received a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program to conduct transit-oriented development planning around existing and proposed rail stations in Indiana. $1.2 million in federal funding and $300,000 in local matching funds will support the development of comprehensive and station-specific plans to reinforce transit as a transportation choice,...
- This $6,160,372 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration will provide funding to the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) to purchase replacement vehicles for local transit providers Lake County Community Services and LaPorte Transporte. The vehicles being replaced have met their useful life under NIRPC's Transit Asset Management (TAM) plan. Additionally, the grant will provide operating...
- This $6,696,445 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 - Federal Transit Formula Grants) will provide operating assistance and vehicle replacement for seven public transit sub-recipients in northwestern Indiana's Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties. The funding will allow the sub-recipients, which include transit agencies like East Chicago Transit, City of Valparaiso, and North Township Dial-A-Ride, to continue providing...
- This $12.8 million federal Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund public transportation products and services for residents of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties in Indiana through March 2027. The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission will administer the grant and distribute funds to seven sub-recipients: East Chicago Transit, the cities of Valparaiso and Michigan City, Lake County Community Services,...
- The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) was awarded a $43,971,185 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program on January 14, 2022 to support the West Lake Corridor Project. The West Lake Corridor Project is a 7.8-mile southern extension of NICTD's existing South Shore Line commuter rail service between Dyer and Hammond, Indiana. The project will construct four new stations, a...
- This $137,889,016 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) will fund a variety of rehabilitation and improvement projects for Metra, the commuter rail system serving the six-county Chicago metropolitan region. The grant activities will include rail car and locomotive upgrades, right-of-way and infrastructure maintenance, yard facility enhancements, and signal/communications equipment improvements. These projects...
- The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $2,736,664 Formula Grant under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) on September 12, 2023. This funding will enable NIRPC to provide continued operating support for seven public transit subrecipients in Lake, Porter, and LaPorte Counties, Indiana, including East Chicago Transit, City of Valparaiso, Lake County Community Services, Opportunity Enterprise, Porter...
- This $171.6 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration will fund capital projects through the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) to be performed by Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, operating as Metra. Metra will use the funding for rehabilitation and improvements across its six-county system to maintain existing assets in a state of good repair and renew its rolling stock fleet. Activities will...
This $82,110,479 federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.525 State of Good Repair Grants Program) will fund capital projects to maintain and improve the existing public transportation infrastructure of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD). The grant will finance activities associated with NICTD's commuter rail service running from South Bend, IN into Chicago, IL, including a 7.8-mile spur line currently under construction in Lake County, IN. Key projects include maintenance overhaul of NICTD's right-of-way (bridges, stations, facilities, track, electrical/signal systems, and substations) as well as maintenance of NICTD's equipment, revenue passenger vehicles, and support vehicles. Additionally, the grant will fund NICTD's state of good repair capital projects, such as rail car rehabilitation, system component improvements, surveillance equipment, right-of-way capacity improvements, and track/maintenance equipment. The grant period runs from September 8, 2025 to March 30, 2031.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $65.7m | 9/8/25 |