Project Grant FRTEC000211

The Vermont Agency of Transportation was awarded a $4,627,820 project grant from the Federal Railroad Administration's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program. The grant will fund slope stabilization, rockfall detection, culvert repair, and right-of-way clearance measures along an 80-mile rail corridor in Vermont. Specifically, the grantee will complete rock and slope stabilization to mitigate future risks to infrastructure and economic development. Advanced rockfall...

This $13,249,832 federal Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200) with a performance period from September 2024 to March 2027. The award is focused on assessing risks, overcoming challenges, and mitigating uncertainties around interoperable connectivity between vehicles, roadside infrastructure, and mobile devices to enable applications that improve transportation safety, equity, mobility,...

This Project Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the National Infrastructure Investments (CFDA 20.933) program provides $32,184,000 to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capmetro) to fund the design, engineering, and construction of double tracking, station platform, and active transportation infrastructure improvements along the East 5th Street corridor in Austin, Texas. The project aims to enhance service reliability and efficiency of the commuter...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) was awarded a $169.97 million Project Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration's Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326). The grant will fund replacement of approximately 215 catenary structures along the Hell Gate Line between milepost 8.5 and 16.6, bringing the existing catenary system assets into a state of good repair. This will increase reliability and resilience of the electrical traction system...

The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $57.6 million Project Grant to the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements federal grant program. The grant will fund rehabilitation of a bridge to return it to a state of good repair, increasing efficiency of freight and passenger rail operations on the regional and national rail network while reducing operations and maintenance costs. Work under the...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) was awarded a $53 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) federal grant program. The grant funding will support WisDOT's objective to add new intercity passenger rail service on the Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago (TCMC) corridor, which will integrate with existing Amtrak Empire Builder long-distance and...

This $4,945,794.42 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction Program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the City of Alexandria, Virginia's project to continue installing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) integration citywide. The project aims to improve traffic flow by expanding ITS capabilities from citywide mile point 68.25 to 72.75. The Virginia Department of Transportation, through its Fiscal-E-Zpass Division, is the primary grantee and...

The federal Project Grant award of $2,430,066,178 was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326). The funding will support the design and construction of four infrastructure projects under Phase 2 of the Transforming Rail in Virginia program. The key components include: adding two tracks through southwest Washington, D.C. with a new two-track railroad bridge...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Technical Assistance and Workforce Development program (CFDA 20.531), supports the Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Technical Assistance Center (CCAM-TAC). The $2,500,000 award, effective January 15, 2025, aims to promote customer-centered mobility strategies that advance good health, economic vitality, self-sufficiency, and community. The CCAM-TAC...

This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program supports the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in completing preliminary engineering, NEPA documentation, final design, and construction to improve accessibility at the White River Junction Station. The objective of this 24-month project is to enhance accessibility for station patrons in...