This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326) will provide $37,500,000 to complete planning, preliminary engineering, and environmental review to support future final design and construction of a bridge replacement project. The key products and services to be delivered include replacing the current bridge structure, expanding capacity from...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration, under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326), provides $149,150,000 to fund the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review, preliminary engineering, final design, and construction of interim repairs for the Devon Bridge in Connecticut. The interim repairs will address deficiencies in certain bridge members, especially the fatigue-prone detailing...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.326 - Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail) will provide $23,500,000 to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to complete planning, preliminary engineering, and environmental review to support the future final design and construction of a bridge replacement project. The project aims to replace the current bridge structure and expand capacity from two to four tracks to accommodate increased...
This $2,121,215,100 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.326 - Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail) is funding the Susquehanna River Bridge (SRB) Replacement Project in Maryland. The project includes final design and construction to replace the current two-track bridge with two new fixed, two-track bridges, for a total of four tracks over the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville,...
This $354,044,862 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) National Infrastructure Investments (CFDA 20.933) program will fund the replacement of the Draw 1 rail drawbridge and related infrastructure improvements in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The key activities to be performed include: Constructing three new two-track movable spans across the Charles River to increase cross-river rail capacity from four to six tracks....
The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $18,750,000 Project Grant to the Department of Transportation Connecticut to replace three deteriorating railroad bridges along the Northeast Corridor in Norwalk, CT. This grant funding is provided through the Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 20.534). The key activities to be performed under this grant include: Full demolition and replacement of Bridge No. 03691R over East Avenue,...
The $500,000 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration, under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326), supports capital improvements to the existing passenger rail corridor between New Haven, CT, and Springfield, MA. The funding will be used by the Connecticut Department of Transportation to restore and construct new rail infrastructure, including track, stations, signal upgrades, and...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.325 - Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program) will provide $73,921,113 to fund the second phase of the Point-No-Point Bridge Replacement Project in New Jersey. The project will replace a 121-year-old freight rail swing bridge with a new, efficient, and reliable single-span bascule bridge, capable of a 12-minute open-close cycle compared to the current half-working day procedure. Key...
The $1,577,314,971 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (CFDA 20.326) program funds the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation (ERT) project. The project includes final design and construction to completely rehabilitate Lines 1 and 2 of the ERT, remediating damage from Superstorm Sandy and returning the tunnels to a state of good repair. This will ensure passenger trains...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $5,115,273,927 Project Grant under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326) to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to design and construct a new passenger rail tunnel, named the Frederick Douglass Tunnel, that will replace the existing 150-year-old Baltimore Potomac Tunnel. The project will build two new high-capacity tunnel tubes, new roadway and railroad bridges, new rail systems and...