Project Grant 69A36526420910RCEOH
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $19.5 million to the Rail Development Commission Ohio under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program (CFDA 20.327) on August 1, 2025, to fund the Hines Hill Grade Separation Project in Hudson, Ohio. The project, scheduled for completion by August 31, 2031, involves grade separation of the at-grade highway-rail crossing located on Hines Hill Road in Pickaway County. This infrastructure improvement will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The City of North Charleston received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program (CFDA 20.327), awarded on May 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2028. This grant funds a grade separation project that will eliminate the at-grade crossing between Rivers Avenue, a major six-lane arterial in North Charleston carrying over 20,000 vehicles daily, and an...
- Summary The West Virginia Division of Highways received a $1.25 million Project Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program (CFDA 20.327), awarded on May 1, 2025, with a completion date of January 31, 2027. The grant funds a comprehensive planning study to assess and address safety, mobility, and traffic delay concerns at six highway-rail at-grade crossings operated by CSX along a 38-mile corridor of WV-2 in Cabell and Mason Counties, West...
- Summary The City of Chesapeake received a $1,293,500 Project Grant award on May 1, 2025, from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program (CFDA 20.327) to complete feasibility analyses, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review, and preliminary engineering for a grade separation project at Portlock Road in Chesapeake, Virginia. The project addresses critical safety and mobility concerns at the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company crossing,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The City of Chattanooga received a $1,618,750 Project Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program (CFDA 20.327), awarded on May 1, 2025, with a completion date of October 31, 2027. This grant funds project development activities to relocate Hamill Road under Norfolk Southern's railroad line, eliminating an at-grade crossing on the Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway in the Hixson community. The...
- The Federal Highway Administration awarded the Ohio Department of Transportation $415,996 under the Railway-Highway Crossings Program (CFDA 20.285) on April 1, 2026, to improve safety at the Cleveland & Cuyahoga Railway grade crossing located at the intersection of State Route 43/Miles Avenue and East 131st Street in Ohio. The project scope encompasses circuitry improvements and grade crossing surface reconstruction, with completion targeted for September 30, 2031. The deliverables include...
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $1.25 million Project Grant to the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program (CFDA 20.327) on May 1, 2025. The award funds a corridor study and environmental review for the St. Joseph and Elkhart County, Indiana Rail Corridor addressing safety and mobility challenges created by the Norfolk Southern rail line, which handles approximately 100 trains daily while intersecting with major...
- The Federal Highway Administration awarded $416,000 in formula grant funding to the Ohio Department of Transportation on October 21, 2025, under the Railway-Highway Crossings Program (CFDA 20.285, also known as the Section 130 Program). The project, designated HAN CR 150 CSX, involves the installation of flashing lights and roadway gates at a CSX Transportation grade crossing (DOT #513739D) located in Hancock County, Ohio. The installation will include all ancillary work necessary to ensure...
- The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $9,812,525 Project Grant under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program to the Rail Development Commission Ohio. The grant funds a project to reduce delays at highway-rail grade crossings in the Village of Spencer, Ohio by constructing a new connecting track, extending existing yard tracks, and installing automated switches to improve operational efficiency and safety at the WLE Spencer Yard. The project...
- The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) received a $1.35 million Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program on March 1, 2023. The award will fund the design, engineering, and construction of a new traffic signal with railroad preemption capabilities and gates, lights, and bells at two at-grade rail crossings in Cincinnati, OH owned by CSX and Central Railroad of Indiana. The project...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $25 million Project Grant on October 1, 2025, to the Rail Development Commission Ohio under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Program (CFDA 20.327) to fund the South Court Street Grade Separation Project in Circleville, Ohio. This project will replace an existing at-grade railroad crossing with a grade separation structure on the Norfolk Southern Heartland Corridor, addressing critical transportation safety and mobility challenges in the region. The project is a collaborative effort involving the Ohio Rail Development Commission, Norfolk Southern Railway, the City of Circleville, and the Ohio Department of Transportation, with an anticipated completion date of March 31, 2032. The grade separation project directly addresses significant operational constraints created by Circleville's 14 at-grade railroad crossings, which generate approximately 1.5 hours of daily roadway delays and negatively impact emergency services access. With an average of 23 trains per day traversing the busy rail corridor, the elimination of this single crossing through grade separation will improve safety, reduce traffic congestion, enhance emergency service response times, and restore community connectivity for residents in Circleville and surrounding areas. This project represents the culmination of a 12-year partnership effort that previously closed three crossings and demonstrates sustained federal investment in eliminating hazardous highway-rail grade crossing conflicts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $20.0m | 1/27/26 |