The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $223,044,167 project grant under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for the Gulf Coast Corridor Improvement Project. This project includes a series of infrastructure improvements to the rail corridor from New Orleans to the Port of Mobile to support the reinstatement of intercity passenger rail service in the Gulf Coast region, which has been...
The New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Company received a $16,524,783 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration to improve safety and infrastructure reliability under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program. The objective of the Safety and Infrastructure Improvements Project is to enhance the network for the New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Company through June 2025. This grant aims to fund projects that improve safety,...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program, in the amount of $11,000,000.00, will support the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in conducting a programmatic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) corridor study and survey along the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The goal is to generate information needed to inform future fence installation at sites vulnerable to and at...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $13,891,057.36 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program grant to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) on January 1, 2025. The grant will fund a full life cycle project to construct a grade-separated highway interchange and rail overpass, eliminate eight at-grade rail crossings, and build outer roads to consolidate and close five partial access intersections and two full-access highway...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $7,320,000 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program grant to the Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission in Mississippi on June 1, 2025. The grant will fund a project to enhance rail infrastructure at the Port Bienville Industrial Park, including the construction of an 8-track classification yard and a 3,500-linear-foot intermodal switch lead. Key activities include preliminary engineering, environmental...
The New Hampshire North Coast Corporation was awarded a $6.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration on July 19, 2021 to support the New Hampshire Northcoast Infrastructure Project. Funding will support infrastructure improvements through December 31, 2026 under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program. The CRISI program aims to fund projects that enhance safety, efficiency, and reliability of...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $11,000,000 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program grant to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to implement a 12-month Engineering Track Foremen Inspectors Workforce Development Apprenticeship Training Program. This program will provide upward mobility training for 25 employees in the pilot class and an additional 35 employees to become Engineering Track Foremen who will lead track maintenance...
This $2,506,203 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program (CFDA 20.325), will fund the construction of a grade-separated crossing to carry Brush College Road over the existing Norfolk Southern Railway mainline tracks and Faries Parkway in Decatur, Illinois. The objective is to improve the safety and efficiency of this intersection for...
This Project Grant award, funded by the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program (CFDA 20.325), provides $25,288,942.00 to the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi to complete final design and construction of three key infrastructure components: The Hall Avenue East Improvements, which includes a new road overpass over a Canadian National rail line to reduce the need for at-grade rail crossings in downtown...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $11,101,381 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program grant to the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway, LLC (a division of Omnitrax) on December 1, 2024. The project will complete the following key activities in Alabama by January 31, 2028: (1) construct a yard track and wye to handle increased rail traffic and reduce blocked crossings, (2) rehabilitate a grade crossing surface, (3) reactivate rockslide...