This application utilizes section 5337 state of good repair funding to facilitate improvements to the existing patco high speed line

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) $36.4 million through the State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) on August 25, 2025, to support capital improvements to the PATCO High Speed Line operating between Lindenwold, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The grant funds a comprehensive portfolio of preventive maintenance and infrastructure modernization activities designed to maintain the existing fixed guideway system in a state of good repair through June 23, 2028. Funded products and services include smoke and fire control system maintenance, purchase and installation of train power control and communications equipment, renovation of office space and the Center Tower Operations facility, subway structure renovations, viaduct preservation initiatives, and rail replacement between Ferry Avenue and Broadway.

Additional deliverables include track drainage improvements, station modernization and life-extension projects, replacement of track ties, and embankment restoration work. These capital projects are designed to ensure continued provision of clean, safe, and reliable transportation services to DRPA and PATCO employees and the public transit users across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. No subrecipient activities were identified under this award; DRPA will perform all work directly as the primary recipient.

Activities

(a) facilitate improvements to the existing patco high speed line between lindenwold NJ and philadelphia PA for preventive maintenance; (B) continue the smoke fire control maintenance program; (C) purchase train power control communications equipment and renovate office space as part of the center tower operations relocation/ office space renovation and TPC/SCADA/CTC modernization project; (D) renovate subway structures owned by patco; (E) undertake the patco viaduct preservation project; (F) undertake the patco rail replacement from ferry avenue to broadway; (G) track drainage - cuthbert osage; (H) modernize and extend the useful life of patco stations; (I) replacement of track ties; and (J) embankment restoration.

Expected outcomes

Continue to provide clean safe reliable transportation on the patco high speed line.

Intended beneficiaries

Drpa/patco employees and PA and NJ residents who utilize the patco high speed line.