The Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD), doing business as Casco Bay Lines, was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to develop a diesel electric hybrid propulsion system for its Peaks Island ferry service. The award was made under the FTA's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on April 7, 2021, with a projected completion date of December 31, 2025. The Formula Grants program makes federal...
This $961,600 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) to the Casco Bay Island Transit District (dba Casco Bay Lines) supports the preliminary design, engineering, and planning for a replacement passenger/freight ferry vessel to serve the Casco Bay islands off Portland, Maine. The project activities include naval architecture and engineering services to develop a preliminary design for a new...
This $1,309,812 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) supports preventive maintenance and replacement of equipment for the Casco Bay Island Transit District (Casco Bay Lines) ferry system in Maine. The funding will cover ongoing preventive maintenance of Casco Bay Lines' ferries, equipment, and facilities, including work performed by external contractors and in-house staff. The grant will also enable procurement of...
This $371,575 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) to the Maine Department of Transportation. The funding will support rehabilitation and improvement projects for state-owned assets serving the Casco Bay ferry system, including pile replacement, fender replacement, cross bracing rehabilitation/replacement, concrete repair, and deck replacement at the ferry terminals...
This federal Project Grant award of $556,840.00, provided by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction), will fund the rehabilitation and improvement of state-owned assets serving the Casco Bay ferry system in Maine. The scope of work includes pile replacement, fender replacement, cross bracing rehabilitation/replacement, concrete repair, and deck replacement at the ferry landing facilities on Chebeague, Great Diamond, Peak's, and Cliff Islands. This...
This federal Project Grant award, with an ID of 693JJ22440000Z95EME2468501, was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The $721,028.63 award, dated August 19, 2024, will fund rehabilitation and improvement of state-owned assets serving the ferry system in Casco Bay, Maine. The scope of work includes pile replacement, fender replacement, cross bracing rehabilitation/replacement, concrete repair, and deck replacement...
The Maine Department of Transportation has received a $1,282,392 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This award will provide operating and capital assistance to support public transportation services in the PACTS and KACTS metropolitan planning organization (MPO) regions of southern Maine. Specifically, the funding will be used by the York County Community Action...
The Greater Portland Transit District (Metro) received a $11,643,996 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513). The grant will support Metro's capital and operating activities, including fixed-route bus service, ADA paratransit services, preventive maintenance, vehicle replacements, bus rehabilitation, and transit signal enhancements. The funding...
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $1,098,155 Project Grant to Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit on May 21, 2021 with a completion date of December 31, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to fund the replacement of four trolley vehicles. The Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. 5307) makes federal resources available to local and regional government authorities and states for transit...
The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit (Shuttle Bus), a public transit provider in Maine, has been awarded a $2,526,855 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). This funding will support a range of transit-related activities between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2026, including: Operating assistance for regular flex route urban transit services Upgrades to the enterprise...